When to plant cucumbers in Limoges: 6 June – 12 September

In Limoges, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 18 April to 15 August; plant into a greenhouse from 16 May to 12 September; plant out into open ground from 6 June to 12 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Rebeyrol Createur De Jardins (garden centre, 5 km) and GammVert (garden centre, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Limoges: soil, season and weather

In Limoges the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 1 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 6 June, 66 days later.

Last spring frost	1 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	6 June, 66 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	16 May – 12 September; May outside: 9.2 °C at night, 18.8 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	27 November, 174 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	10 July – 16 October
Days left for picking	140
Daylight	14:40 on 9 May, 15:35 on 6 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, August, has 8 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Limoges: care after planting

Planted on 6 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

13 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 Limoges during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 25.9 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (17.6 °C) and November (11.6 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 5.2 °C to 14.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.3	13.5	99	13	15:42
July	25.3	14.7	45	8	15:24
August	25.9	14.9	41	8	14:11
September	21.8	12.1	75	10	12:36
October	17.6	9.6	102	12	11:00
November	11.6	5.2	97	15	9:30

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Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Limoges, Bordeaux is 9 days earlier and Clermont-Ferrand 21 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Poitiers	109 km	30 May – 4 September	7 days earlier
Clermont-Ferrand	141 km	27 June – 28 August	21 days later
Tours	179 km	31 May – 12 September	6 days earlier
Bordeaux	181 km	28 May – 15 September	9 days earlier
La Rochelle	190 km	28 May – 27 September	9 days earlier
Angers	229 km	28 May – 12 September	9 days earlier

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Limoges

Buy plants ready to set out from 6 June to 12 September (from 16 May to 12 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 18 April to 15 August. Within 15 km of Limoges OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries, 4 markets and 11 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Rebeyrol Createur De Jardins — garden centre
Mon–Fri 09:30–12:00, 14:00–18:00 · 5 km · rebeyrol.com
GammVert — garden centre
Mon–Sat 09:00–12:30, 14:00–19:00 · 5 km · gammvert.fr
Gamm Vert — garden centre
Mon–Sat 09:00–12:00, 14:00–19:00 · 6 km
Pépiplant — plant nursery
Rue des Forges 45, 87270 Chaptelat · Mon–Sat 09:00–12:00, 14:00–18:00 · 10 km · pepiplant.fr

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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