When to plant zucchini in Annecy: 19 June – 28 August

In Annecy, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 8 May to 7 August; plant into a greenhouse from 29 May to 28 August; plant out into open ground from 19 June to 28 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Au rendez-vous du terroir (farm shop, 3 km) and Otera (farm shop, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Zucchini in Annecy: soil, season and weather

In Annecy the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 19 June, 65 days later.

Last spring frost	15 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	19 June, 65 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	14 November, 148 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	25 July – 3 October
Days left for picking	112
Daylight	15:24 on 29 May, 15:44 on 19 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 9 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Annecy: care after planting

Planted on 19 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Annecy during the zucchini season

About 629 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (80 mm) and November the wettest (128 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.2	13	113	14	15:43
July	24.5	14.8	99	11	15:24
August	24.7	14.8	80	9	14:11
September	19.5	11.1	92	11	12:36
October	15	7.1	117	11	11:00
November	8.5	1.7	128	14	9:30

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Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Annecy, Lyon is 23 days earlier and Aosta 12 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Geneva	32 km	8 June – 31 August	11 days earlier
Chambéry	41 km	3 June – 3 September	16 days earlier
Lausanne	78 km	19 June – 3 September	same day
Grenoble	86 km	28 June – 8 August	9 days later
Aosta	94 km	1 July – 5 August	12 days later
Lyon	101 km	27 May – 8 September	23 days earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Annecy

Buy plants ready to set out from 19 June to 28 August (from 29 May to 28 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 8 May to 7 August. Within 15 km of Annecy OpenStreetMap lists 14 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 7 markets and 19 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Marché du quartier du Vallon — market
Sun 08:00–12:00 · 2 km
Place Jean Jaurès — market
Wed 08:00–12:00 · 3 km
Au rendez-vous du terroir — farm shop
Impasse du Viéran 6, 74960 Annecy · Tue–Fri 09:00–19:00; Sat 09:00–13:00 · 3 km · aurendezvousduterroir.fr
Otera — farm shop
Rue des Savoie 202, 74330 Epagny - Metz · Mon–Sat 09:00–20:00; Sun 09:00–12:30 · 4 km · magasins.otera.fr

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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