When to plant cucumbers in Perugia: 29 May – 10 September

In Perugia, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 10 April to 13 August; plant into a greenhouse from 8 May to 10 September; plant out into open ground from 29 May to 10 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Cantina Goretti (farm shop, 7 km) and Azienda Agraria Carini (farm shop, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Perugia: soil, season and weather

In Perugia the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 7 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 29 May, 52 days later.

Last spring frost	7 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	29 May, 52 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	8 May – 10 September; May outside: 10 °C at night, 21.8 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	25 November, 180 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	2 July – 14 October
Days left for picking	146
Daylight	14:06 on 1 May, 15:04 on 29 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, July, has 4 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Perugia: care after planting

Planted on 29 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

5 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 Perugia during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 31.6 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (14.5 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in May, June and August–November (5.5–17.6 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.8	10	79	12	14:39
June	28.4	15.2	49	7	15:21
July	31.6	18	30	4	15:05
August	31.5	17.6	42	5	13:59
September	25.6	13.5	97	9	12:33
October	20.7	9.6	84	10	11:06
November	14.5	5.5	123	12	9:45

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Perugia, Ancona is 19 days earlier and Arezzo 11 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Arezzo	57 km	9 June – 6 September	11 days later
Siena	89 km	26 May – 12 September	3 days earlier
San Marino	92 km	16 May – 27 September	13 days earlier
Rimini	107 km	16 May – 27 September	13 days earlier
Ancona	108 km	10 May – 26 September	19 days earlier
Florence	117 km	28 May – 12 September	1 day earlier

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Perugia

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 May to 10 September (from 8 May to 10 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 10 April to 13 August. Within 15 km of Perugia OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 4 markets and 6 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Copacabana mercatino dell'usato — market
Via dei Filosofi 76/n, 06121 Perugia · 1 km
Mercato del bove — market
Sat 08:13:00 · 1 km
Azienda Agraria Carini — farm shop
Strada del Tegolaro 2, 06133 Colle Umberto · 8 km · agrariacarini.it
Cantina Goretti — farm shop
Strada Del Pino · 7 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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