When to plant cucumbers in Burlington: 1 June – 19 August

In Burlington, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 13 April to 22 July; plant into a greenhouse from 11 May to 19 August; plant out into open ground from 1 June to 19 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Family Cow Farmstand (farm shop, 14 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Burlington: soil, season and weather

In Burlington the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 22 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 1 June, 40 days later.

Last spring frost	22 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	1 June, 40 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	11 May – 19 August; May outside: 9 °C at night, 19.3 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	3 November, 155 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	5 July – 22 September
Days left for picking	121
Daylight	14:20 on 4 May, 15:18 on 1 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, September, has 9 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Burlington: care after planting

Planted on 1 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

8 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 Burlington during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 27.3 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (15.6 °C) and November (7.3 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in June and August–November (0.8–17.6 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24.3	14.7	112	13	15:32
July	27.3	18.4	109	13	15:14
August	26	17.6	114	13	14:05
September	22.3	14	78	9	12:34
October	15.6	8.3	126	14	11:03
November	7.3	0.8	96	14	9:38

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Burlington, Montreal is 2 days earlier and Montpelier 19 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Montpelier	57 km	20 June – 2 August	19 days later
Montreal	117 km	30 May – 17 August	2 days earlier
Sherbrooke	146 km	18 June – 12 August	17 days later
Concord	195 km	1 June – 16 August	same day
Albany	208 km	30 May – 22 August	2 days earlier
Trois-Rivières	213 km	31 May – 14 August	1 day earlier

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Burlington

Buy plants ready to set out from 1 June to 19 August (from 11 May to 19 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 April to 22 July. Within 15 km of Burlington OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 3 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Burlington Farmers Market — market
Pine Street 345, Burlington · Sat 09:00–14:00 · 1 km · burlingtonfarmersmarket.org
Red Barn Market & Deli — market
Tilley Drive 47, 05403 South Burlington · Mon–Fri 07:00–18:30 · 5 km
The Soda Plant — market
Pine Street 270 · 1 km
Family Cow Farmstand — farm shop
Shelburne Falls Road 2386, 05461 Hinesburg · Mon–Sun 07:00–20:00 · 14 km · familycowfarmstand.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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