When to plant zucchini in Amiens: 12 June – 4 September

In Amiens, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 1 May to 14 August; plant into a greenhouse from 22 May to 4 September; plant out into open ground from 12 June to 4 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Otera (farm shop, 3 km) and Ch'bio Gardin (farm shop, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Zucchini in Amiens: soil, season and weather

In Amiens the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 5 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 12 June, 68 days later.

Last spring frost	5 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	12 June, 68 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	21 November, 162 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	18 July – 10 October
Days left for picking	126
Daylight	15:41 on 22 May, 16:17 on 12 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 10 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Amiens: care after planting

Planted on 12 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Amiens during the zucchini season

About 416 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (59 mm) and November the wettest (85 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	21.6	12.1	66	12	16:19
July	23	13.7	63	11	15:57
August	23.1	13.9	59	10	14:31
September	20.2	11.7	62	12	12:40
October	15.9	9	81	13	10:50
November	10.4	4.8	85	14	9:05

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Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Amiens, Paris is 14 days earlier and Rouen 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Lille	98 km	11 June – 4 September	1 day earlier
Rouen	100 km	16 June – 4 September	4 days later
Paris	116 km	29 May – 3 September	14 days earlier
Mons	132 km	10 June – 2 September	2 days earlier
Reims	144 km	31 May – 31 August	12 days earlier
Bruges	160 km	15 June – 13 September	3 days later

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Amiens

Buy plants ready to set out from 12 June to 4 September (from 22 May to 4 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 May to 14 August. Within 15 km of Amiens OpenStreetMap lists 11 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 7 markets and 6 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Esprit Fermier — farm shop
Allée de Maître Zaccharius 1, 80440 Glisy · Wed–Sun 10:00–19:30 · 8 km · espritfermier.com
Otera — farm shop
Mon–Sat 09:00–20:00; Sun 09:00–12:30 · 3 km · oteraamiens.com
Ch'bio Gardin — farm shop · sells: vegetables
Rue Jean Marie Djibaou, 80330 Cagny · 5 km · esat-picardie-ateliers.fr
Les Amis Verts — garden centre
3 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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