When to plant cucumbers in Rimini: 16 May – 27 September

In Rimini, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 28 March to 30 August; plant into a greenhouse from 25 April to 27 September; plant out into open ground from 16 May to 27 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Cooperativa sociale Punto verde (garden centre, 1 km) and Tropical Vivaio (garden centre, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Rimini: soil, season and weather

In Rimini the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 9 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 16 May, 96 days later.

Last spring frost	9 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	16 May, 96 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	25 April – 27 September; April outside: 8.4 °C at night, 17.6 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	12 December, 210 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	19 June – 31 October
Days left for picking	176
Daylight	13:34 on 18 April, 14:46 on 16 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, July, has 7 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Rimini: care after planting

Planted on 16 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

23 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 Rimini 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 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (14.2 °C) and December (10.4 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in May, June and September–December (3.4–17.7 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.6	12.5	98	13	14:44
June	27.7	17.7	57	8	15:28
July	30	19.9	46	7	15:11
August	29.5	19.8	61	8	14:03
September	25	15.9	98	10	12:34
October	20.3	12	83	9	11:04
November	14.2	7.2	103	12	9:40
December	10.4	3.4	67	10	8:55

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Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Rimini, Ancona is 6 days earlier and Arezzo 24 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
San Marino	16 km	16 May – 27 September	same day
Ravenna	49 km	15 May – 27 September	1 day earlier
Arezzo	87 km	9 June – 6 September	24 days later
Ancona	91 km	10 May – 26 September	6 days earlier
Perugia	107 km	29 May – 10 September	13 days later
Bologna	109 km	16 May – 14 September	same day

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Rimini

Buy plants ready to set out from 16 May to 27 September (from 25 April to 27 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 28 March to 30 August. Within 15 km of Rimini OpenStreetMap lists 14 garden centres, 7 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries, 5 markets and 6 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Cooperativa sociale Punto verde — garden centre
Mon 07:30–12:30; Tue–Sat 07:30–12:30, 15:00–18:00; Sun 09:00–12:00 · 1 km
Tropical Vivaio — garden centre
Via della Grotta Rossa 172, 47923 Rimini · 4 km
Vivaio Morandi — garden centre
Via Bornaccino 1227, Santarcangelo di Romagna · 8 km
Ghiselli Patrick — garden centre
Via Valdazze 25 · 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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