When to plant zucchini in El Paso: 23 March – 18 September

In El Paso, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 9 February to 28 August; plant into a greenhouse from 2 March to 18 September; plant out into open ground from 23 March to 18 September.

Zucchini in El Paso: soil, season and weather

In El Paso the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 28 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 23 March, 23 days later.

Last spring frost	28 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	23 March, 23 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	5 December, 257 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	28 April – 24 October
Days left for picking	221
Daylight	11:31 on 2 March, 12:12 on 23 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, April, has 1 rainy day

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

Zucchini in El Paso: care after planting

Planted on 23 March: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in El Paso during the zucchini season

About 193 mm of rain falls in the season; April is the driest month (3 mm) and August the wettest (45 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	23.2	7.9	11	2	11:57
April	27.8	11.9	3	1	12:56
May	32	16.4	3	1	13:46
June	36.5	21.8	24	3	14:13
July	36.3	23.2	28	5	14:02
August	35	22.4	45	6	13:20
September	32.2	19.1	25	5	12:23
October	27.2	13.5	27	4	11:26
November	20.8	7.3	11	3	10:33
December	16.1	3.3	16	3	10:05

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Zucchini in nearby cities

Around El Paso, Chihuahua is 23 days earlier and Santa Fe (United States) 41 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ciudad Juárez	10 km	23 March – 18 September	same day
Las Cruces	67 km	5 April – 7 September	13 days later
Chihuahua	350 km	28 February – 21 September	23 days earlier
Albuquerque	369 km	18 April – 23 August	26 days later
Tucson	422 km	7 March – 1 October	16 days earlier
Santa Fe (United States)	440 km	3 May – 9 August	41 days later

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near El Paso

Buy plants ready to set out from 23 March to 18 September (from 2 March to 18 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 9 February to 28 August. Within 15 km of El Paso OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres and 8 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Plaza Nueva — market
4 km
Mercado Francisco I. Madero — market
4 km
Mercabastos — market
9 km
Mercado Centeno — market
13 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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