When to plant cucumbers in Greensboro: 28 April – 29 August

In Greensboro, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 10 March to 1 August; plant into a greenhouse from 7 April to 29 August; plant out into open ground from 28 April to 29 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Gate City Gardening & Brew (garden centre, 2 km) and Green Apple Garden (garden centre, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Greensboro: soil, season and weather

In Greensboro the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 23 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 28 April, 36 days later.

Last spring frost	23 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	28 April, 36 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	7 April – 29 August; April outside: 10.1 °C at night, 22 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	13 November, 199 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	1 June – 2 October
Days left for picking	165
Daylight	12:32 on 31 March, 13:33 on 28 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, November, has 7 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Greensboro: care after planting

Planted on 28 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

5 May — 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 Greensboro during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 31.9 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (15.9 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in April, May and September–November (5.8–17.7 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	22	10.1	95	9	13:05
May	25.7	15	116	12	14:04
June	29.7	18.9	86	11	14:36
July	31.9	21.6	116	14	14:23
August	29.9	20.4	105	14	13:33
September	27.3	17.7	126	10	12:27
October	21.8	11.9	83	7	11:19
November	15.9	5.8	70	7	10:17

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Greensboro, Columbia is 31 days earlier and Asheville 26 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Raleigh	109 km	18 April – 4 September	10 days earlier
Charlotte	133 km	13 April – 29 August	15 days earlier
Asheville	254 km	24 May – 18 August	26 days later
Columbia	256 km	28 March – 14 September	31 days earlier
Richmond	265 km	30 April – 1 September	2 days later
Wilmington	269 km	2 April – 16 September	26 days earlier

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Greensboro

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 April to 29 August (from 7 April to 29 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 10 March to 1 August. Within 15 km of Greensboro OpenStreetMap lists 8 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 9 markets and 6 farm shops (collected 29 October 2026).

Green Apple Garden — garden centre
Bradford Street 1918 · Thu–Sat 11:00–19:00 · 3 km
Gate City Gardening & Brew — garden centre
Grecade Street 111 · 2 km
Carolina Gardens — garden centre
Randleman Road 4027 · 10 km
Southern Outdoor Living — farm supply
NC 150 West 1000 · 15 km · wemakedirtlookgood.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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