When to plant zucchini in Bremen: 11 June – 2 September

In Bremen, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 30 April to 12 August; plant into a greenhouse from 21 May to 2 September; plant out into open ground from 11 June to 2 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Raiffeisen Markt (farm supply, 14 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Zucchini in Bremen: soil, season and weather

In Bremen the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 7 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 11 June, 65 days later.

Last spring frost	7 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	11 June, 65 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	19 November, 161 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	17 July – 8 October
Days left for picking	125
Daylight	16:07 on 21 May, 16:51 on 11 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 10 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Bremen: care after planting

Planted on 11 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Bremen during the zucchini season

About 406 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (54 mm) and June the wettest (80 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.3	12.6	80	12	16:55
July	22.8	13.9	78	14	16:28
August	23.4	14.1	58	11	14:49
September	19.9	11.5	54	10	12:45
October	14.9	8.6	76	14	10:41
November	8.9	3.9	60	14	8:42

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Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Bremen, Münster is 10 days earlier and Kiel 8 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Hamburg	95 km	6 June – 2 September	5 days earlier
Hanover	101 km	7 June – 4 September	4 days earlier
Bielefeld	119 km	5 June – 1 September	6 days earlier
Münster	148 km	1 June – 4 September	10 days earlier
Kiel	164 km	19 June – 3 September	8 days later
Dortmund	197 km	5 June – 30 August	6 days earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Bremen

Buy plants ready to set out from 11 June to 2 September (from 21 May to 2 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 30 April to 12 August. Within 15 km of Bremen OpenStreetMap lists 37 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 28 markets and 21 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Raiffeisen Markt — farm supply
Dorfstraße 66 · Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 08:30–12:30, 14:00–17:30; Wed 08:30–12:30; Sat 09:00–12:30 · 14 km
Wochenmarkt Domshof — market
Domshof · Mon–Fri 08:00–14:00; Sat 08:00–15:00 · 1 km · meine-wochenmaerkte.de
Wochenmarkt Unser-Lieben-Frauen-Kirchhof — market
Mon–Fri 09:00–14:00; Sat 08:00–15:00 · 1 km · bremen.de
Findorffmarkt — market
Tue, Thu 08:00–13:00; Sat 08:00–14:00 · 2 km · findorffmarkt-bremen.de

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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