Greenly Garden

When to plant cucumbers in Turkey: 14 April – 14 October

Cucumber in Turkey: plant out into open ground from 14 April to 14 October; the window opens earliest in Adana and closes latest in Antalya (15 cities).

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.

Planting window by climate zone

ZoneCitiesWindow
270 frost-free days or moreIstanbul, Antalya, Adana, Gaziantep, Trabzon14 April – 14 October
210–269 frost-free daysIzmir, Bursa, Konya, Kayseri, Diyarbakır, Samsun28 April – 1 October
150–209 frost-free daysAnkara, Eskişehir, Erzurum, Van10 May – 20 August

Cucumber: the window in each city

CityWindowZone
Adana14 April – 30 September270 frost-free days or more
Gaziantep15 April – 9 October270 frost-free days or more
Antalya27 April – 14 October270 frost-free days or more
Konya28 April – 25 August210–269 frost-free days
Diyarbakır1 May – 10 September210–269 frost-free days
Trabzon5 May – 28 September270 frost-free days or more
Eskişehir10 May – 20 August150–209 frost-free days
Ankara11 May – 19 August150–209 frost-free days
Istanbul11 May – 11 October270 frost-free days or more
Izmir13 May – 22 September210–269 frost-free days
Bursa17 May – 21 September210–269 frost-free days
Kayseri20 May – 26 August210–269 frost-free days
Samsun24 May – 1 October210–269 frost-free days
Van5 June – 14 August150–209 frost-free days
Erzurum11 June – 1 August150–209 frost-free days