When to plant cucumbers in Trento: 19 June – 26 August

In Trento, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 1 May to 29 July; plant into a greenhouse from 29 May to 26 August; plant out into open ground from 19 June to 26 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Chacruna (garden centre, 1 km) and TuttoGiardino (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Trento: soil, season and weather

In Trento the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 4 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 19 June, 76 days later.

Last spring frost	4 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	19 June, 76 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	29 May – 26 August; May outside: 8.6 °C at night, 16.7 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	10 November, 144 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	23 July – 29 September
Days left for picking	110
Daylight	15:12 on 22 May, 15:46 on 19 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, September, has 11 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Trento: care after planting

Planted on 19 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

26 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 Trento during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 24.5 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (14.8 °C) and November (7.9 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 1 °C to 15.4 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.4	13.7	97	15	15:44
July	24.2	15.3	93	15	15:25
August	24.5	15.4	88	12	14:12
September	19.6	11.1	86	11	12:36
October	14.8	6.9	123	10	10:59
November	7.9	1	110	10	9:29

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Cucumber in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant cucumber earlier than Trento; the closest date is in Bolzano, 21 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bolzano	51 km	29 May – 1 September	21 days earlier
Vicenza	67 km	24 May – 9 September	26 days earlier
Verona	71 km	29 May – 12 September	21 days earlier
Brescia	92 km	15 May – 13 September	35 days earlier
Padua	94 km	15 May – 13 September	35 days earlier
Treviso	97 km	19 May – 8 September	31 days earlier

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Trento

Buy plants ready to set out from 19 June to 26 August (from 29 May to 26 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 May to 29 July. Within 15 km of Trento OpenStreetMap lists 17 garden centres, 6 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries, 3 markets and 11 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

TuttoGiardino — garden centre
Via della Cooperazione 9, 38123 Mattarello · Mon–Fri 08:00–18:30; Sat 08:00–17:00 · 7 km
Sommadossi Enzo Vivai Viti Trentino — garden centre
Via Barbazan 28, 38096 Vallelaghi · 10 km · vivaise.it
Bernardi Garden Center — garden centre
Via Toblino 14 · 13 km · gardenbernardi.it
Chacruna — garden centre
Mon 15:15–19:00; Tue–Sat 09:30–12:15, 15:15–19:00 · 1 km · chacruna.it

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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