When to plant zucchini in Genoa: 20 June – 9 September

In Genoa, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 9 May to 19 August; plant into a greenhouse from 30 May to 9 September; plant out into open ground from 20 June to 9 September.

Zucchini in Genoa: soil, season and weather

In Genoa the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 23 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 20 June, 89 days later.

Last spring frost	23 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	20 June, 89 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	26 November, 159 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	26 July – 15 October
Days left for picking	123
Daylight	15:15 on 30 May, 15:32 on 20 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 9 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Genoa: care after planting

Planted on 20 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Genoa during the zucchini season

About 649 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (47 mm) and October the wettest (201 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	21.6	13.6	72	11	15:31
July	24.3	15.7	47	9	15:13
August	25.2	15.9	57	10	14:04
September	20.6	12.1	95	11	12:34
October	15.9	8.7	201	12	11:03
November	10	3.9	177	12	9:38

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant zucchini earlier than Genoa; the closest date is in Pisa, 4 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Piacenza	93 km	11 May – 14 September	40 days earlier
Novara	118 km	23 May – 5 September	28 days earlier
Milan	119 km	12 May – 13 September	39 days earlier
Parma	119 km	19 May – 12 September	32 days earlier
Turin	122 km	16 May – 3 September	35 days earlier
Pisa	141 km	16 June – 1 September	4 days earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Genoa

Buy plants ready to set out from 20 June to 9 September (from 30 May to 9 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 9 May to 19 August. Within 15 km of Genoa OpenStreetMap lists 18 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 plant nurseries, 16 markets and 8 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Simone — garden centre
1 km
Shop Garden — garden centre
2 km
Peirano vivai — garden centre
3 km
Emporio agricolo — garden centre
4 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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