When to plant zucchini in Ancona: 10 May – 24 September

In Ancona, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 29 March to 3 September; plant into a greenhouse from 19 April to 24 September; plant out into open ground from 10 May to 24 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Consorzio Agrario Provinciale Ancona (farm supply, 2 km) and Ciavattini Garden (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Zucchini in Ancona: soil, season and weather

In Ancona the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 10 May, 83 days later.

Last spring frost	16 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	10 May, 83 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	11 December, 215 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	15 June – 30 October
Days left for picking	179
Daylight	13:36 on 19 April, 14:30 on 10 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 6 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Ancona: care after planting

Planted on 10 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Ancona during the zucchini season

About 505 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (40 mm) and May the wettest (86 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.8	12.9	86	12	14:42
June	27.9	18.2	44	6	15:25
July	30.4	20.3	40	6	15:08
August	30.3	20.4	44	6	14:01
September	25.4	16.2	76	9	12:33
October	20.9	12.3	61	8	11:05
November	15.6	8.1	86	11	9:42
December	12.1	4.5	68	9	8:58

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Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Ancona, Pescara is 2 days earlier and Arezzo 30 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Rimini	91 km	16 May – 25 September	6 days later
San Marino	93 km	16 May – 25 September	6 days later
Perugia	108 km	29 May – 8 September	19 days later
Arezzo	133 km	9 June – 4 September	30 days later
Ravenna	137 km	15 May – 25 September	5 days later
Pescara	140 km	8 May – 23 September	2 days earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Ancona

Buy plants ready to set out from 10 May to 24 September (from 19 April to 24 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 29 March to 3 September. Within 15 km of Ancona OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop and 5 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Ciavattini Garden — garden centre
Strada Frazione Varano 279, 60131 Ancona · 7 km · ciavattinigarden.it
Garden Claudia — garden centre
Via Clementina 19 · 13 km
Consorzio Agrario Provinciale Ancona — farm supply
Via Loreto 15, 60126 Ancona · 2 km
Mercato delle Erbe — market
07:30–12:45, 16:30–19:30; Mar Sun[–1]–Oct Sun[–1]: 07:30–12:45, 17:00–20:00; Sun closed · 1 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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