When to plant zucchini in Halifax: 3 July – 23 August

In Halifax, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 22 May to 2 August; plant into a greenhouse from 12 June to 23 August; plant out into open ground from 3 July to 23 August.

Zucchini in Halifax: soil, season and weather

In Halifax the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 29 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 3 July, 65 days later.

Last spring frost	29 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 July, 65 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	9 November, 129 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	8 August – 28 September
Days left for picking	93
Daylight	15:31 on 12 June, 15:30 on 3 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 11 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Halifax: care after planting

Planted on 3 July: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Halifax during the zucchini season

About 583 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (98 mm) and November the wettest (142 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	24.2	16.2	103	12	15:15
August	24.1	16.4	98	11	14:05
September	20.6	13.3	103	9	12:34
October	15.3	8.2	137	10	11:02
November	8.7	2	142	12	9:37

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant zucchini earlier than Halifax; the closest date is in Fredericton, 5 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Charlottetown	179 km	27 June – 16 August	6 days earlier
Moncton	186 km	26 June – 18 August	7 days earlier
Fredericton	282 km	28 June – 11 August	5 days earlier
Bangor	410 km	25 June – 17 August	8 days earlier
Augusta	493 km	22 June – 17 August	11 days earlier
Portland, Maine	544 km	20 June – 18 August	13 days earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Halifax

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 July to 23 August (from 12 June to 23 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 22 May to 2 August. Within 15 km of Halifax OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 7 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market — market
Sat 08:00–14:00, Sun 10:00–14:00 · 2 km · halifaxfarmersmarket.com
Dave’s Fruit & Vegetable Market — market
Main Street 322, B2X 1T5 Dartmouth · 6 km
MCK - Mikes Country Kitchens — market
Windmill Road 615, B3B 1B6 Dartmouth · 6 km
Torpedo Rays - Scuba Adventures — market
Windmill Road 625, B3B 1B6 Dartmouth · 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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