Greenly Garden

When to plant cucumbers in Lawton: 4 April – 27 August

In Lawton, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 14 February to 30 July; plant into a greenhouse from 14 March to 27 August; plant out into open ground from 4 April to 27 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Walmart Garden Center (garden centre, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Lawton: soil, season and weather

In Lawton the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 1 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 4 April, 34 days later.

Last spring frost1 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C4 April, 34 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse14 March – 27 August; March outside: 8 °C at night, 21 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost11 November, 221 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)34
First harvest, if planted in this window8 May – 30 September
Days left for picking187
Daylight11:38 on 7 March, 12:39 on 4 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 2 days; the driest month, July, has 5 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Lawton: care after planting

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

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

  • 11 April — 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 Lawton during the cucumber season

Days average above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C in July (35.8 °C) and August (35.5 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in April, May and October, November (7.3–17.2 °C).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
April24.511.7136813:02
May28.417.21281213:57
June3322.268814:28
July35.824.733514:16
August35.524.643513:29
September31.520.661612:26
October25.61478611:21
November18.67.340410:22

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Lawton, Fort Worth is 13 days earlier and Wichita 28 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Oklahoma City126 km15 April – 26 August11 days later
Fort Worth231 km22 March – 15 September13 days earlier
Dallas251 km27 March – 20 September8 days earlier
Tulsa278 km29 April – 2 September25 days later
Wichita357 km2 May – 15 August28 days later
Fort Smith376 km1 May – 3 September27 days later

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Lawton

Buy plants ready to set out from 4 April to 27 August (from 14 March to 27 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 14 February to 30 July. Within 15 km of Lawton OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres and 1 market (collected 29 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

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.

Questions

When to plant cucumbers in Lawton?

In Lawton, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 14 February to 30 July; plant into a greenhouse from 14 March to 27 August; plant out into open ground from 4 April to 27 August.

When to sow cucumbers for seedlings in Lawton?

Sow for seedlings from 14 February to 30 July.

When is the last spring frost in Lawton?

Last spring frost around 1 March, first autumn frost around 11 November.

Other crops in Lawton, with their dates