When to plant cucumbers in Nîmes: 17 May – 16 September

In Nîmes, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 29 March to 19 August; plant into a greenhouse from 26 April to 16 September; plant out into open ground from 17 May to 16 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include La Ferme des Magesses (farm supply, 14 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Nîmes: soil, season and weather

In Nîmes the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 17 May, 91 days later.

Last spring frost	15 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	17 May, 91 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	26 April – 16 September; April outside: 8.6 °C at night, 19 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	1 December, 198 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	20 June – 20 October
Days left for picking	164
Daylight	13:36 on 19 April, 14:47 on 17 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Nîmes: care after planting

Planted on 17 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

24 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 Nîmes during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 32 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (15 °C) and December (12.1 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in May, June and September–December (4.2–17.2 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22.9	12.3	86	9	14:43
June	28.5	17.2	43	7	15:27
July	32	19.8	16	3	15:09
August	31.5	19.5	34	4	14:02
September	26.2	15.6	80	6	12:34
October	21.2	12.2	119	9	11:04
November	15	7.2	102	10	9:41
December	12.1	4.2	69	9	8:56

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Nîmes, Perpignan is 23 days earlier and Saint-Étienne 28 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Avignon	38 km	18 May – 17 September	1 day later
Montpellier	46 km	8 May – 13 October	9 days earlier
Marseille	101 km	from 10 May	7 days earlier
Valence	129 km	29 May – 6 September	12 days later
Perpignan	173 km	24 April – 27 September	23 days earlier
Saint-Étienne	178 km	14 June – 2 September	28 days later

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Nîmes

Buy plants ready to set out from 17 May to 16 September (from 26 April to 16 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 29 March to 19 August. Within 15 km of Nîmes OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries, 8 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

La Ferme des Magesses — farm supply
Les Magesses, 30700 Sanilhac-Sagriès · 14 km
Les Halles de Nîmes — market
Rue des Halles, 30000 Nîmes · Mon–Sat 07:00–13:00; Sun 07:00–13:30 · 0 km · leshallesdenimes.com
Marché de Jean Jaurès — market
Avenue Jean Jaurès · Fri 07:00–13:00 · 1 km
Marché de Beausoleil — market
Sat 07:00–13:00 · 1 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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