When to plant zucchini in Anchorage: 7 July – 28 July

In Anchorage, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 26 May to 7 July; plant into a greenhouse from 16 June to 28 July; plant out into open ground from 7 July to 28 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Bell's Nursery & Gifts (garden centre, 14 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Zucchini in Anchorage: soil, season and weather

In Anchorage the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 30 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 7 July, 68 days later.

Last spring frost	30 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	7 July, 68 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	14 October, 99 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 August – 2 September
Days left for picking	63
Daylight	19:20 on 16 June, 18:59 on 7 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 12 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Anchorage: care after planting

Planted on 7 July: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Anchorage during the zucchini season

About 412 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (81 mm) and September the wettest (119 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	18.9	12.9	81	12	18:31
August	17.9	12	116	16	15:55
September	13.8	7.8	119	17	13:00
October	7.1	1.5	96	13	10:10

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Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Anchorage, Juneau is 34 days earlier and Whitehorse 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Fairbanks	417 km	19 June – 7 July	18 days earlier
Whitehorse	801 km	9 July – 12 July	2 days later
Juneau	923 km	3 June – 20 July	34 days earlier
Yellowknife	1,846 km	30 June – 18 July	7 days earlier
Vancouver	2,129 km	22 June – 31 August	15 days earlier
Victoria	2,189 km	13 June – 4 October	24 days earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Anchorage

Buy plants ready to set out from 7 July to 28 July (from 16 June to 28 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 26 May to 7 July. Within 15 km of Anchorage OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 9 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Bell's Nursery & Gifts — garden centre
Specking Avenue 13700, 99515 Anchorage · Tue–Sun 10:30–17:00 · 14 km · bellsnurseryalaska.com
Spenard Farmers Market — market
Spenard Road 2435, 99503 Anchorage · Sat 09:00–14:00 · 3 km · facebook.com
Anchorage Market at Dimond Center — market
East Dimond Boulevard 800, 99515 Anchorage · Fri–Sat 10:00–18:00, Sun 10:00–17:00 · 9 km · anchoragemarkets.com
ANC Market Social — market
West 5th Avenue 555, 99501 Anchorage · 1 km · anchoragedowntown.org

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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