When to plant zucchini in Erfurt: 9 June – 21 August

In Erfurt, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 28 April to 31 July; plant into a greenhouse from 19 May to 21 August; plant out into open ground from 9 June to 21 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include ImkerWeise (farm shop, 6 km) and Vieselbacher Pflanzenbau GmbH (farm shop, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Zucchini in Erfurt: soil, season and weather

In Erfurt the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 23 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 9 June, 47 days later.

Last spring frost	23 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	9 June, 47 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	7 November, 151 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	15 July – 26 September
Days left for picking	115
Daylight	15:42 on 19 May, 16:25 on 9 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 10 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Erfurt: care after planting

Planted on 9 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Erfurt during the zucchini season

About 337 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (41 mm) and August the wettest (63 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.5	12.9	61	11	16:31
July	24.4	14.1	61	11	16:07
August	24.7	14.1	63	11	14:36
September	20.5	10.7	53	8	12:42
October	15	7.5	58	13	10:47
November	8.3	2.5	41	10	8:58

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Zucchini in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant zucchini earlier than Erfurt; the closest date is in Hanover, 2 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Leipzig	102 km	5 June – 31 August	4 days earlier
Magdeburg	134 km	3 June – 1 September	6 days earlier
Nuremberg	170 km	3 June – 17 August	6 days earlier
Hanover	179 km	7 June – 4 September	2 days earlier
Dresden	190 km	5 June – 1 September	4 days earlier
Frankfurt	192 km	4 June – 31 August	5 days earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Erfurt

Buy plants ready to set out from 9 June to 21 August (from 19 May to 21 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 28 April to 31 July. Within 15 km of Erfurt OpenStreetMap lists 9 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 3 markets and 15 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Direktvermarktung Gillsch — farm shop
Lange Gasse 11, 99428 Grammetal · Thu 09:00–17:00; Mon–Wed, Fri–Sun, public holidays closed · 11 km · gillsch.de
ImkerWeise — farm shop
Zum Haun 9, 99099 Erfurt · 6 km · imkerweise.de
Vieselbacher Pflanzenbau GmbH — farm shop
Lindenstraße 35, 99428 Grammetal · Mon–Fri 07:00–16:00 · 9 km
Hofladen — farm shop
Brühl 40, 99192 Nesse-Apfelstädt · Sat 09:00–12:00 · 11 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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