When to plant zucchini in Cluj-Napoca: 6 June – 23 August

In Cluj-Napoca, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 25 April to 2 August; plant into a greenhouse from 16 May to 23 August; plant out into open ground from 6 June to 23 August.

Zucchini in Cluj-Napoca: soil, season and weather

In Cluj-Napoca the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 17 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 6 June, 50 days later.

Last spring frost	17 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	6 June, 50 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	9 November, 156 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 July – 28 September
Days left for picking	120
Daylight	15:03 on 16 May, 15:42 on 6 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, October, has 8 rainy days

The same dates in Cluj-Napoca hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Zucchini in Cluj-Napoca: care after planting

Planted on 6 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Cluj-Napoca during the zucchini season

About 410 mm of rain falls in the season; October is the driest month (48 mm) and June the wettest (103 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24.6	14	103	14	15:50
July	26.1	15.2	83	12	15:31
August	26.8	15.3	57	8	14:15
September	21.7	11.4	64	8	12:37
October	15.8	6.2	48	8	10:58
November	9.5	2	55	10	9:25

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Cluj-Napoca, Uzhhorod is 10 days earlier and Drohobych 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Mukachevo	197 km	11 June – 6 August	5 days later
Uzhhorod	227 km	27 May – 14 August	10 days earlier
Chernivtsi	245 km	2 June – 4 August	4 days earlier
Ivano-Frankivsk	253 km	5 June – 3 August	1 day earlier
Kalush	257 km	11 June – 3 August	5 days later
Drohobych	287 km	12 June – 4 August	6 days later

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Cluj-Napoca

Buy plants ready to set out from 6 June to 23 August (from 16 May to 23 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 April to 2 August. Within 15 km of Cluj-Napoca OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 13 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Piață agroalimentară Leul — market
1 km
Piața agroalimentară Mănăștur-Ion Meșter — market
2 km
Piața Agroalimentară Florești — market
8 km
Târgul de Mașini — market
12 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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