When to plant zucchini in Avignon: 18 May – 15 September

In Avignon, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 6 April to 25 August; plant into a greenhouse from 27 April to 15 September; plant out into open ground from 18 May to 15 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Farm la Reboule (farm shop, 1 km) and Farm du Bourgas (farm shop, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Zucchini in Avignon: soil, season and weather

In Avignon 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 18 May, 91 days later.

Last spring frost	16 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	18 May, 91 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	2 December, 198 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	23 June – 21 October
Days left for picking	162
Daylight	13:59 on 27 April, 14:50 on 18 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Avignon: care after planting

Planted on 18 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Avignon during the zucchini season

About 572 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (20 mm) and October the wettest (116 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22.8	12.6	83	9	14:44
June	28.8	17.6	46	8	15:27
July	31.7	20.1	20	3	15:10
August	31.3	19.6	42	4	14:02
September	25.9	15.7	87	6	12:34
October	20.7	12	116	9	11:04
November	14.2	7	106	10	9:40
December	11	4	72	9	8:55

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Avignon, Montpellier is 10 days earlier and Grenoble 41 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nîmes	38 km	17 May – 14 September	1 day earlier
Montpellier	84 km	8 May – 11 October	10 days earlier
Marseille	85 km	from 10 May	8 days earlier
Valence	109 km	29 May – 4 September	11 days later
Grenoble	156 km	28 June – 8 August	41 days later
Saint-Étienne	169 km	14 June – 31 August	27 days later

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Avignon

Buy plants ready to set out from 18 May to 15 September (from 27 April to 15 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 6 April to 25 August. Within 15 km of Avignon OpenStreetMap lists 9 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 plant nurseries, 10 markets and 13 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Place du marché — market
Sun 08:00–13:00 · 10 km
Farm la Reboule — farm shop
Chemin de la Barthelasse 1250, 84000 Avignon · Mon–Sat 10:00–12:15, 16:30–19:30 · 1 km · bienvenue-a-la-ferme.com
Farm du Bourgas — farm shop
Chemin de Rigaud 1, 30133 Les Angles · Wed–Fri 10:00–12:00, 16:00–19:00; Sat, Sun 10:00–12:30 · 3 km · ferme.le.bourgas.free.fr
Bio de Provence — farm shop
Chemin des Semailles 556, 84000 Avignon · Tue, Fri 12:00–18:00 · 6 km · bio-provence.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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