When to plant zucchini in Gaziantep: 15 April – 7 October

In Gaziantep, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 4 March to 16 September; plant into a greenhouse from 25 March to 7 October; plant out into open ground from 15 April to 7 October.

Zucchini in Gaziantep: soil, season and weather

In Gaziantep the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 22 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 15 April, 52 days later.

Last spring frost	22 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	15 April, 52 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	24 December, 253 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 May – 12 November
Days left for picking	217
Daylight	12:19 on 25 March, 13:08 on 15 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 0 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Gaziantep: care after planting

Planted on 15 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Gaziantep during the zucchini season

About 230 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (1 mm) and December the wettest (85 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	21.3	9.9	37	8	13:08
May	26.8	14.6	26	6	14:08
June	33	19.8	4	1	14:42
July	36.9	23.2	1	0	14:29
August	36.9	23.2	1	0	13:37
September	32.1	19.7	2	1	12:27
October	25.1	14.1	18	3	11:17
November	16.4	7.7	56	7	10:12
December	10.5	3.5	85	10	9:38

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Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Gaziantep, Adana is 1 day earlier and Erzurum 57 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Adana	183 km	14 April – 28 September	1 day earlier
Kayseri	247 km	20 May – 24 August	35 days later
Diyarbakır	269 km	1 May – 8 September	16 days later
Konya	441 km	28 April – 23 August	13 days later
Erzurum	464 km	11 June – 30 July	57 days later
Samsun	478 km	24 May – 29 September	39 days later

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Gaziantep

Buy plants ready to set out from 15 April to 7 October (from 25 March to 7 October for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 March to 16 September. Within 15 km of Gaziantep OpenStreetMap lists 6 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Güvenevler Kapalı Pazar Yeri — market
4 km
Şahinbey Belediyesi Karataş Semt Pazarı — market
7 km
Uzay Çatılı Pazar Yeri — market
4 km
Akkent Pazar Alanı — market
6 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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