When to plant cucumbers in Dubbo: 10 October – 3 April

In Dubbo, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 22 August to 6 March; plant into a greenhouse from 19 September to 3 April; plant out into open ground from 10 October to 3 April.

Cucumber in Dubbo: soil, season and weather

In Dubbo the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 29 July, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 10 October, 73 days later.

Last spring frost	29 July
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	10 October, 73 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	19 September – 3 April; September outside: 8 °C at night, 20.5 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	18 June, 252 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	13 November – 7 May
Days left for picking	218
Daylight	11:46 on 12 September, 12:41 on 10 October
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, May, has 5 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Dubbo: care after planting

Planted on 10 October: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

17 October — 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 Dubbo during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, January, averages 33 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: June (15.1 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in March–June and October–December (5.4–17.4 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
October	24.2	11.5	64	7	12:51
November	27.4	14.5	69	8	13:46
December	30.9	17.4	47	6	14:15
January	33	20.1	51	7	14:02
February	31.3	18.5	45	5	13:14
March	28.7	16.9	75	8	12:19
April	23.8	12.4	49	5	11:19
May	18.6	8.2	40	5	10:29
June	15.1	5.4	46	6	10:03

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant cucumber later than Dubbo; the closest date is in Albury, 30 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Orange	123 km	21 November – 28 March	42 days later
Canberra	339 km	26 November – 14 March	47 days later
Albury	451 km	9 November – 4 April	30 days later
Bendigo	638 km	16 November – 3 April	37 days later
Melbourne	700 km	12 November – 9 April	33 days later
Ballarat	732 km	18 December – 3 April	69 days later

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Dubbo

Buy plants ready to set out from 10 October to 3 April (from 19 September to 3 April for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 22 August to 6 March. Within 15 km of Dubbo OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 2 farm-supply shops and 1 plant nursery (collected 28 October 2026).

Magnolia Nursery — garden centre
3 km
Old Ganarrin Garden Centre — plant nursery
5 km
Delta Agribusiness — farm supply
3 km
Furneys Stock Feeds — farm supply
2 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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