When to plant cucumbers in Pescara: 8 May – 25 September

In Pescara, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 20 March to 28 August; plant into a greenhouse from 17 April to 25 September; plant out into open ground from 8 May to 25 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Vivaio Valpescara Garden (garden centre, 0 km) and Vivaio Idee Verdi (garden centre, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Pescara: soil, season and weather

In Pescara the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 11 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 8 May, 86 days later.

Last spring frost	11 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	8 May, 86 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	17 April – 25 September; April outside: 9.5 °C at night, 17.8 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	10 December, 216 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	11 June – 29 October
Days left for picking	182
Daylight	13:07 on 10 April, 14:20 on 8 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, June, has 6 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Pescara: care after planting

Planted on 8 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

15 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 Pescara during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 30.1 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (16.6 °C) and December (13 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in May and September–December (5.7–17.8 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.8	14.2	63	11	14:35
June	27.4	19.3	39	6	15:17
July	30.1	21.7	41	4	15:00
August	29.8	21.5	40	6	13:56
September	25.6	17.8	57	8	12:32
October	21.3	13.5	56	8	11:07
November	16.6	9.7	111	12	9:48
December	13	5.7	59	10	9:05

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Pescara, Foggia is 15 days earlier and L'Aquila 45 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
L'Aquila	67 km	22 June – 28 August	45 days later
Ancona	140 km	10 May – 26 September	2 days later
Rome	153 km	20 May – 25 September	12 days later
Foggia	158 km	23 April – 5 October	15 days earlier
Perugia	164 km	29 May – 10 September	21 days later
Salerno	204 km	7 June – 26 September	30 days later

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Pescara

Buy plants ready to set out from 8 May to 25 September (from 17 April to 25 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 20 March to 28 August. Within 15 km of Pescara OpenStreetMap lists 17 garden centres, 14 farm-supply shops, 4 plant nurseries, 13 markets and 10 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Oasi Vivai Piante — garden centre
Via Val di Foro 32, 66010 Ripa Teatina · 13 km · oasivivaipiante.it
Apice Piante del Dr. Di Primio Roberto — garden centre
Via Val di Foro 45, 66010 Ripa Teatina · 13 km · apicepiante.eu
Vivaio Valpescara Garden — garden centre
Via del Circuito 333, 65124 Pescara · 0 km
Vivaio Idee Verdi — garden centre
Strada Colle Carullo · Mon–Sat 08:30–12:30, 15:00–19:00; Sun 08:30–12:30 · 2 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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