When to plant cucumbers in Palencia: 25 May – 28 August

In Palencia, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 6 April to 31 July; plant into a greenhouse from 4 May to 28 August; plant out into open ground from 25 May to 28 August.

Cucumber in Palencia: soil, season and weather

In Palencia the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 10 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 25 May, 45 days later.

Last spring frost	10 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	25 May, 45 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	4 May – 28 August; May outside: 8 °C at night, 21 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	12 November, 171 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	28 June – 1 October
Days left for picking	137
Daylight	13:51 on 27 April, 14:51 on 25 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, July, has 2 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Palencia: care after planting

Planted on 25 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

1 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 Palencia during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 30.4 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (12.2 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 3.6 °C to 14.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21	8	47	9	14:33
June	26.1	12.2	45	8	15:13
July	30.4	14.6	9	2	14:57
August	30.4	14.9	9	2	13:54
September	24.6	11.4	25	5	12:32
October	19.6	8.2	54	9	11:08
November	12.2	3.6	59	11	9:50

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Palencia, Zamora is 15 days earlier and Segovia 7 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Valladolid	43 km	15 May – 12 September	10 days earlier
Burgos	77 km	31 May – 2 September	6 days later
Aranda de Duero	78 km	31 May – 29 August	6 days later
León (Spain)	108 km	25 May – 24 August	same day
Zamora	115 km	10 May – 3 September	15 days earlier
Segovia	122 km	1 June – 24 August	7 days later

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Palencia

Buy plants ready to set out from 25 May to 28 August (from 4 May to 28 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 6 April to 31 July. Within 15 km of Palencia OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop and 5 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Talleres Alejandro e Hijo — farm supply
1 km
Plaza de Abastos La Castellana — market
1 km
Mercadillo del recinto ferial — market
Sun 09:00–14:00 · 0 km
Mercadillo de San Juanillo — market
Wed 09:00–14:00 · 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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