When to plant cucumbers in Bolzano: 29 May – 1 September

In Bolzano, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 10 April to 4 August; plant into a greenhouse from 8 May to 1 September; plant out into open ground from 29 May to 1 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Climagrün GmbH (garden centre, 2 km) and Agricenter Spitaler (farm supply, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Bolzano: soil, season and weather

In Bolzano the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 27 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 29 May, 63 days later.

Last spring frost	27 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	29 May, 63 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	8 May – 1 September; May outside: 11.9 °C at night, 21.9 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	16 November, 171 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	2 July – 5 October
Days left for picking	137
Daylight	14:22 on 1 May, 15:29 on 29 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, November, has 10 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Bolzano: care after planting

Planted on 29 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

5 June — 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 Bolzano during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 29.6 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (12.4 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in May, June and September–November (3.1–16.7 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.9	11.9	129	16	14:59
June	28.1	16.7	105	14	15:48
July	29.6	18	118	13	15:29
August	29.6	18	120	11	14:14
September	24.5	14.2	103	12	12:36
October	19.5	9.2	121	11	10:58
November	12.4	3.1	98	10	9:26

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Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Bolzano, Padua is 14 days earlier and Innsbruck 31 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Trento	51 km	19 June – 26 August	21 days later
Innsbruck	86 km	29 June – 23 July	31 days later
Vicenza	107 km	24 May – 9 September	5 days earlier
Treviso	115 km	19 May – 8 September	10 days earlier
Verona	121 km	29 May – 12 September	same day
Padua	128 km	15 May – 13 September	14 days earlier

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Bolzano

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 May to 1 September (from 8 May to 1 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 10 April to 4 August. Within 15 km of Bolzano OpenStreetMap lists 18 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries, 3 markets and 16 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Climagrün GmbH — garden centre
Mon–Fri 08:00–12:00, Tue–Fri 14:00–18:00 · 2 km
Gärtnerei s' Gartl — plant nursery
Schloss-Warth-Weg - Strada Castel Guardia 16, 39057 St. Pauls - San Paolo · 8 km
Agricenter Spitaler — farm supply
Pillhofstraße - Via Pillhof 31, 39057 Eppan an der Weinstraße - Appiano sulla Strada del Vino · Mon–Fri 08:00–12:00, 15:00–19:00; Sat 08:00–12:00 · 6 km · agricenterspitaler.com
Markt — market
Wed morning · 11 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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