Greenly Garden

When to plant cucumbers in Toluca: 3 April – 10 October

In Toluca, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 13 February to 12 September; plant into a greenhouse from 13 March to 10 October; plant out into open ground from 3 April to 10 October. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Productos Carsal (farm supply, 3 km) and Equipartes Agricolas (farm supply, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Toluca: soil, season and weather

In Toluca the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 24 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 3 April, 69 days later.

Last spring frost24 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C3 April, 69 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse13 March – 10 October; March outside: 6.5 °C at night, 21.4 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost25 December, 266 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)34
First harvest, if planted in this window7 May – 13 November
Days left for picking232
Daylight11:51 on 6 March, 12:22 on 3 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 2 days; the driest month, December, has 5 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Toluca: care after planting

Planted on 3 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

  • 10 April — 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 Toluca during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, April, averages 22.4 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: July, September, October and December (17.3–17.9 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 4.7 °C to 9.5 °C.

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
April22.47.931912:34
May22.39.1891513:02
June209.52101913:17
July17.98.81702513:11
August188.91842312:48
September17.99.12242112:16
October17.97.81041411:43
November18.26.136611:14
December17.34.718510:59

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Toluca, Pachuca is 56 days earlier and Morelia 15 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Pachuca135 km6 February – 26 September56 days earlier
Morelia166 km18 April – 7 October15 days later
San Luis Potosí347 km7 March – 30 September27 days earlier
Aguascalientes397 km8 February – 27 September54 days earlier
Zacatecas492 km21 February – 11 September41 days earlier
Saltillo697 km27 February – 11 September35 days earlier

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Toluca

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 April to 10 October (from 13 March to 10 October for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 February to 12 September. Within 15 km of Toluca OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 191 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery and 11 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

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.

Questions

When to plant cucumbers in Toluca?

In Toluca, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 13 February to 12 September; plant into a greenhouse from 13 March to 10 October; plant out into open ground from 3 April to 10 October.

When to sow cucumbers for seedlings in Toluca?

Sow for seedlings from 13 February to 12 September.

When is the last spring frost in Toluca?

Last spring frost around 24 January, first autumn frost around 25 December.

Other crops in Toluca, with their dates