When to plant cucumbers in Stoke-on-Trent: 20 June – 31 August

In Stoke-on-Trent, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 2 May to 3 August; plant into a greenhouse from 30 May to 31 August; plant out into open ground from 20 June to 31 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Bridge End Garden Centre (garden centre, 13 km) and Astbury Meadow Garden Centre (garden centre, 14 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Stoke-on-Trent: soil, season and weather

In Stoke-on-Trent the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 27 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 20 June, 54 days later.

Last spring frost	27 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	20 June, 54 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	30 May – 31 August; May outside: 7.1 °C at night, 16 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	15 November, 148 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	24 July – 4 October
Days left for picking	114
Daylight	16:12 on 23 May, 16:56 on 20 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, August, has 15 rainy days

The same dates in Stoke-on-Trent hold for Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Cucumber in Stoke-on-Trent: care after planting

Planted on 20 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

27 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 Stoke-on-Trent during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 20.2 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: September (17.2 °C), October (13.4 °C) and November (9.1 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 4 °C to 12.1 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	18.8	10.4	80	14	16:54
July	20.2	12.1	88	15	16:28
August	19.7	12	70	15	14:49
September	17.2	10	84	14	12:45
October	13.4	7.6	98	14	10:41
November	9.1	4	75	14	8:43

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Stoke-on-Trent, Liverpool is 3 days earlier and Wrexham 15 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Derby	48 km	22 June – 7 September	2 days later
Manchester	50 km	28 June – 30 August	8 days later
Wrexham	54 km	5 July – 8 September	15 days later
Sheffield	61 km	29 June – 7 September	9 days later
Birmingham	63 km	20 June – 4 September	same day
Liverpool	68 km	17 June – 11 September	3 days earlier

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Stoke-on-Trent

Buy plants ready to set out from 20 June to 31 August (from 30 May to 31 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 2 May to 3 August. Within 15 km of Stoke-on-Trent OpenStreetMap lists 12 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 plant nurseries, 6 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Bridge End Garden Centre — garden centre
Mon–Sun 09:00–17:30 · 13 km
Astbury Meadow Garden Centre — garden centre
Newcastle Road · 14 km
Longton Indoor Market — market
The Strand, ST3 1BZ Stoke-on-Trent · Wed, Fri, Sat 09:00–17:00 · 5 km · stoke.gov.uk
Hanley Indoor Market — market
Market Square, ST1 1NS Stoke-on-Trent · 0 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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