When to plant cucumbers in Avignon: 18 May – 17 September

In Avignon, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 30 March to 20 August; plant into a greenhouse from 27 April to 17 September; plant out into open ground from 18 May to 17 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Botanic (garden centre, 6 km) and Jardicoop Barbentane (garden centre, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Avignon: soil, season and weather

In Avignon the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 18 May, 91 days later.

Last spring frost	16 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	18 May, 91 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	27 April – 17 September; April outside: 8.7 °C at night, 19 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	2 December, 198 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 June – 21 October
Days left for picking	164
Daylight	13:39 on 20 April, 14:50 on 18 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

The same dates in Avignon hold for Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Cucumber in Avignon: care after planting

Planted on 18 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Feeding, by the card’s schedule from that day:

25 May — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of cucumber to watch for:

Dates count from the first planting day of the window above; a later planting moves them by as many days.

Weather in Avignon during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 31.7 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (14.2 °C) and December (11 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in May, June and September–December (4–17.6 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22.8	12.6	83	9	14:44
June	28.8	17.6	46	8	15:27
July	31.7	20.1	20	3	15:10
August	31.3	19.6	42	4	14:02
September	25.9	15.7	87	6	12:34
October	20.7	12	116	9	11:04
November	14.2	7	106	10	9:40
December	11	4	72	9	8:55

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Avignon, Montpellier is 10 days earlier and Grenoble 41 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nîmes	38 km	17 May – 16 September	1 day earlier
Montpellier	84 km	8 May – 13 October	10 days earlier
Marseille	85 km	from 10 May	8 days earlier
Valence	109 km	29 May – 6 September	11 days later
Grenoble	156 km	28 June – 10 August	41 days later
Saint-Étienne	169 km	14 June – 2 September	27 days later

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Avignon

Buy plants ready to set out from 18 May to 17 September (from 27 April to 17 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 30 March to 20 August. Within 15 km of Avignon OpenStreetMap lists 9 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 plant nurseries, 10 markets and 13 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Les Jardins de Provence — garden centre
09:30–19:00 · 13 km · truffaut.com
Jardicoop Barbentane — garden centre
Route d'Avignon 543, 13570 Barbentane · 6 km
Botanic — garden centre
Mon–Sun 09:30–19:00 · 6 km
Irrifore — farm supply
Chemin de l'Oratoire 102, 13160 Châteaurenard · 8 km · irrifore.com

Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

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