When to plant cucumbers in Orléans: 2 June – 10 September

In Orléans, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 14 April to 13 August; plant into a greenhouse from 12 May to 10 September; plant out into open ground from 2 June to 10 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Jardiland (garden centre, 2 km) and E.Leclerc Jardi (garden centre, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Orléans: soil, season and weather

In Orléans the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 2 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 2 June, 61 days later.

Last spring frost	2 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	2 June, 61 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	12 May – 10 September; May outside: 9.7 °C at night, 19.2 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	25 November, 176 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	6 July – 14 October
Days left for picking	142
Daylight	14:41 on 5 May, 15:46 on 2 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, August, has 8 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Orléans: care after planting

Planted on 2 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

9 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 Orléans during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 25.4 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (17.2 °C) and November (11 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 5 °C to 15.4 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.7	14	78	11	16:00
July	25.4	15.4	53	8	15:40
August	25.4	15.2	52	8	14:20
September	21.9	12.4	62	10	12:38
October	17.2	9.4	74	12	10:55
November	11	5	68	13	9:18

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Orléans, Paris is 4 days earlier and Rouen 14 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Tours	107 km	31 May – 12 September	2 days earlier
Paris	112 km	29 May – 5 September	4 days earlier
Le Mans	127 km	31 May – 9 September	2 days earlier
Troyes	169 km	2 June – 3 September	same day
Rouen	181 km	16 June – 6 September	14 days later
Poitiers	188 km	30 May – 4 September	3 days earlier

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Orléans

Buy plants ready to set out from 2 June to 10 September (from 12 May to 10 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 14 April to 13 August. Within 15 km of Orléans OpenStreetMap lists 13 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries, 37 markets and 16 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Jardiland — garden centre
Mon–Fri 09:30–12:30, 14:00–19:00; Sat 09:30–19:00; Sun 09:30–12:30, 14:00–18:30 · 2 km · jardiland.com
E.Leclerc Jardi — garden centre
Rue Marcellin Berthelot 330, 45400 Fleury-les-Aubrais · Mon–Sat 09:30–19:30; Sun 10:00–13:00, 14:30–19:00 · 5 km
Bourdin jardins services — garden centre
Rue des Frères Lumière 29, 45430 Chécy · 10 km · bourdin-paysage.fr
Bourdin jardins et paysages — garden centre
Rue des Frères Lumière 29, 45430 Chécy · 10 km · bourdin-paysage.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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