When to plant zucchini in Ajaccio: 29 May – 22 September

In Ajaccio, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 17 April to 1 September; plant into a greenhouse from 8 May to 22 September; plant out into open ground from 29 May to 22 September.

Zucchini in Ajaccio: soil, season and weather

In Ajaccio the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 11 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 29 May, 107 days later.

Last spring frost	11 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	29 May, 107 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	9 December, 194 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	4 July – 28 October
Days left for picking	158
Daylight	14:17 on 8 May, 14:57 on 29 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

The same dates in Ajaccio hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Zucchini in Ajaccio: care after planting

Planted on 29 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Ajaccio during the zucchini season

About 695 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (20 mm) and November the wettest (154 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20.9	11.3	93	10	14:32
June	26.8	16.1	42	6	15:13
July	29.8	19	20	3	14:57
August	29.9	18.8	36	5	13:54
September	25.5	15.5	92	9	12:32
October	21.7	12.1	119	12	11:08
November	16.6	8.3	154	14	9:51
December	13.7	5	139	13	9:09

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Ajaccio, Livorno is 13 days earlier and Genoa 22 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Livorno	222 km	from 16 May	13 days earlier
Nice	231 km	29 May – 20 September	same day
Pisa	241 km	16 June – 1 September	18 days later
Siena	263 km	26 May – 10 September	3 days earlier
Genoa	277 km	20 June – 9 September	22 days later
Florence	291 km	28 May – 10 September	1 day earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Ajaccio

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 May to 22 September (from 8 May to 22 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 17 April to 1 September. Within 15 km of Ajaccio OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 2 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Marché d'Ajaccio - Marcatu d'Aiacciu — market
Tue–Sun 07:00–14:00 · 0 km · ajaccio-tourisme.com
Les jardins de Prunelli — garden centre
7 km
Marché aux poissons d'Ajaccio — market
0 km
L’Ortu di San ghuvà — farm shop
10 km · domainefinili.com

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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