When to plant cucumbers in Sucre: 21 August – 15 April

In Sucre, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 3 July to 18 March; plant into a greenhouse from 31 July to 15 April; plant out into open ground from 21 August to 15 April.

Cucumber in Sucre: soil, season and weather

In Sucre the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 5 August, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 21 August, 16 days later.

Last spring frost	5 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	21 August, 16 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	31 July – 15 April; July outside: 6.2 °C at night, 20.1 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	30 June, 314 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	24 September – 19 May
Days left for picking	280
Daylight	11:10 on 24 July, 11:33 on 21 August
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, June, has 2 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Sucre: care after planting

Planted on 21 August: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

28 August — 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 Sucre during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, October, averages 22.9 °C. Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 6.1 °C to 11.2 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
August	20.9	6.5	17	4	11:27
September	22.6	9.1	28	7	11:58
October	22.9	10.2	63	13	12:31
November	22.5	10.8	81	15	13:00
December	20.6	11.2	143	22	13:16
January	20.2	11.1	153	23	13:09
February	19.3	11	142	22	12:43
March	18.8	10.7	135	22	12:13
April	19.1	9.7	65	12	11:40
May	19.7	8	17	5	11:14
June	19.8	6.1	8	2	10:59

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant cucumber later than Sucre; the closest date is in Cochabamba, 12 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Potosí	80 km	28 November – 30 December	99 days later
Cochabamba	206 km	2 September – 6 April	12 days later
Oruro	226 km	19 October – 13 February	59 days later
Tarija	283 km	11 September – 28 March	21 days later
La Paz	416 km	1 November – 3 February	72 days later
Calama	539 km	from 9 September	19 days later

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Sucre

Buy plants ready to set out from 21 August to 15 April (from 31 July to 15 April for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 3 July to 18 March. Within 15 km of Sucre OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop and 14 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

MICROMERCADO — market
Calle Inca Garcilaso de la Vega · 2 km
Venta de Materiales de Riego — farm supply
1 km
Mercado Poconas — market
2 km
Mercado San Antonio — market
3 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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