When to plant cucumbers in Ourense: 1 June – 18 September

In Ourense, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 13 April to 21 August; plant into a greenhouse from 11 May to 18 September; plant out into open ground from 1 June to 18 September.

Cucumber in Ourense: soil, season and weather

In Ourense the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 25 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 1 June, 68 days later.

Last spring frost	25 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	1 June, 68 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	11 May – 18 September; May outside: 8.8 °C at night, 19.6 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	3 December, 185 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	5 July – 22 October
Days left for picking	151
Daylight	14:10 on 4 May, 15:03 on 1 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, August, has 4 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Ourense: care after planting

Planted on 1 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

8 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 Ourense during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 27.7 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (13.3 °C) and December (11.1 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 4.2 °C to 14.3 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.7	11.9	67	11	15:16
July	26.9	14	19	5	15:00
August	27.7	14.3	16	4	13:56
September	23.4	12	54	8	12:32
October	19.5	10	143	13	11:07
November	13.3	6.2	141	15	9:49
December	11.1	4.2	144	14	9:06

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Ourense, Vigo is 23 days earlier and Santiago de Compostela 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Pontevedra	65 km	from 26 May	6 days earlier
Vigo	72 km	from 9 May	23 days earlier
Lugo	78 km	1 June – 19 September	same day
Santiago de Compostela	81 km	5 June – 2 October	4 days later
Braga	99 km	24 May – 8 October	8 days earlier
Ponferrada	107 km	1 June – 12 September	same day

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Ourense

Buy plants ready to set out from 1 June to 18 September (from 11 May to 18 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 April to 21 August. Within 15 km of Ourense OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries and 2 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Jesús — garden centre
15 km
Viveiros Mende — plant nursery
2 km · viverosourense.com
Viveikiwi — plant nursery
6 km · viveikiwi.com
Viveiros Castro — plant nursery
9 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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