When to plant cucumbers in Beja: 17 April – 13 October

In Beja, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 27 February to 15 September; plant into a greenhouse from 27 March to 13 October; plant out into open ground from 17 April to 13 October. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Agro Happy (farm supply, 1 km) and Agriloja (farm supply, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Beja: soil, season and weather

In Beja the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 6 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 17 April, 70 days later.

Last spring frost	6 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	17 April, 70 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	27 March – 13 October; March outside: 8 °C at night, 19 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	28 December, 255 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 May – 16 November
Days left for picking	221
Daylight	12:07 on 20 March, 13:14 on 17 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, July, has 1 rainy day

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

Cucumber in Beja: care after planting

Planted on 17 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

24 April — 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 Beja during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 35 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: December (16.4 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in April–June and September–December (7.2–16.9 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	21.9	10.3	55	10	13:10
May	26.8	13.3	30	5	14:13
June	30.8	16.4	12	3	14:47
July	34.8	18.6	1	1	14:34
August	35	19	1	0	13:40
September	30.3	16.9	26	3	12:28
October	25.9	14.3	57	7	11:16
November	19.1	9.7	60	9	10:08
December	16.4	7.2	61	8	9:33

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Beja, Seville is 15 days earlier and Santarém 19 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Évora	62 km	from 5 May	18 days later
Badajoz	124 km	3 May – 1 October	16 days later
Santarém	154 km	from 6 May	19 days later
Mérida (Spain)	167 km	4 May – 4 October	17 days later
Seville	179 km	from 2 April	15 days earlier
Castelo Branco	204 km	30 April – 11 October	13 days later

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Beja

Buy plants ready to set out from 17 April to 13 October (from 27 March to 13 October for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 27 February to 15 September. Within 15 km of Beja OpenStreetMap lists 3 farm-supply shops and 3 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado Municipal — market
11 km
Mercado Tradicional Santo Amaro — market
1 km
Agriloja — farm supply
Mon–Sat 08:30–20:00 · 2 km · agriloja.pt
Agro Happy — farm supply
Avenida Miguel Fernandes 19, 7800-396 · 1 km

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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