When to plant cucumbers in Turin: 16 May – 5 September

In Turin, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 28 March to 8 August; plant into a greenhouse from 25 April to 5 September; plant out into open ground from 16 May to 5 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Viridea (garden centre, 8 km) and Viridea (garden centre, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Turin: soil, season and weather

In Turin the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 16 May, 61 days later.

Last spring frost	16 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	16 May, 61 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	25 April – 5 September; April outside: 7.2 °C at night, 18.2 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	20 November, 188 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	19 June – 9 October
Days left for picking	154
Daylight	13:37 on 18 April, 14:52 on 16 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, September, has 9 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Turin: 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 Turin during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 30.2 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (11.6 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in May, June and September–November (3.4–17 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.5	11.4	130	15	14:50
June	27.5	17	81	12	15:36
July	30.2	19.2	72	10	15:18
August	29.9	18.9	77	10	14:07
September	24.4	14.4	66	9	12:35
October	18.7	9.8	84	9	11:01
November	11.6	3.4	97	9	9:34

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Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Turin, Milan is 4 days earlier and Aosta 46 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Aosta	80 km	1 July – 7 August	46 days later
Novara	84 km	23 May – 7 September	7 days later
Genoa	122 km	20 June – 11 September	35 days later
Milan	125 km	12 May – 15 September	4 days earlier
Sion	132 km	28 June – 4 August	43 days later
Como	136 km	29 May – 8 September	13 days later

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Turin

Buy plants ready to set out from 16 May to 5 September (from 25 April to 5 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 28 March to 8 August. Within 15 km of Turin OpenStreetMap lists 19 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 4 plant nurseries, 56 markets and 12 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Viridea — garden centre
Mon–Sun, public holidays 09:00–19:30 · 8 km
Centro Giardini Stupinigi — garden centre
Via Borgaretto 2, 10012 Nichelino · 10 km
Raggio di sole — garden centre
Via Rosta 1b, 10098 Rivoli · 15 km
Viridea — garden centre
public holidays, Mon–Sun 09:00–19:30 · 8 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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