When to plant cucumbers in Vicenza: 24 May – 9 September

In Vicenza, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 5 April to 12 August; plant into a greenhouse from 3 May to 9 September; plant out into open ground from 24 May to 9 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Séola azienda agricola (farm shop, 4 km) and Agritursimo Barco Menti (farm shop, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Vicenza: soil, season and weather

In Vicenza 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 24 May, 69 days later.

Last spring frost	16 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	24 May, 69 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	3 May – 9 September; May outside: 11.9 °C at night, 21.4 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	24 November, 184 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	27 June – 13 October
Days left for picking	150
Daylight	14:03 on 26 April, 15:12 on 24 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, July, has 11 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Vicenza: care after planting

Planted on 24 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

31 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 Vicenza during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 29.4 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (12.6 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in May, June and September–November (4.7–16.9 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.4	11.9	167	16	14:53
June	27.3	16.9	94	11	15:40
July	29.4	18.8	86	11	15:22
August	29.2	18.7	99	10	14:09
September	24.2	14.4	128	10	12:35
October	19	10.1	118	9	11:00
November	12.6	4.7	115	10	9:32

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Vicenza, Mantua is 10 days earlier and Trento 26 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Padua	30 km	15 May – 13 September	9 days earlier
Verona	45 km	29 May – 12 September	5 days later
Treviso	55 km	19 May – 8 September	5 days earlier
Venice	62 km	16 May – 21 September	8 days earlier
Trento	67 km	19 June – 26 August	26 days later
Mantua	74 km	14 May – 13 September	10 days earlier

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Vicenza

Buy plants ready to set out from 24 May to 9 September (from 3 May to 9 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 5 April to 12 August. Within 15 km of Vicenza OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 2 markets and 14 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Tipicoteca di Castegnero — market
Via del Progresso 32, 36023 Castegnero · Wed 15:30–19:00; Thu–Tue closed · 13 km
Séola azienda agricola — farm shop
Strada dell'Acquedotto Romano, 36100 Vicenza · Wed 09:00–17:00 · 4 km · vicenzabio.it
Azienda agricola Al Confin di Marostegan dott. Paolo — farm shop
Via Alpiero 17 · Apr–Oct Tue, Thu 09:30–12:30, 16:00–19:00; Apr–Oct Wed, Fri 16:00–19:00; Apr–Oct Sat 09:30–12:30, 16:00–18:30; Nov–Mar Tue, Thu 09:30–12:30, 15:30–19:00; Nov–Mar Wed, Fri 15:30–19:00; Nov–Mar Sat 09:30–12:30, 15:30–18:30 · 13 km · alconfin.it
Agritursimo Barco Menti — farm shop
Via Bazza di Sotto 6 · 7 km · agriturismobarcomenti.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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