When to plant zucchini in Iqaluit: 25 June – 29 July

In Iqaluit, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 14 May to 8 July; plant into a greenhouse from 4 June to 29 July; plant out into open ground from 25 June to 29 July.

Zucchini in Iqaluit: soil, season and weather

In the median year the top 7 cm of soil in Iqaluit does not reach 18 °C, the minimum on the zucchini card, before August; the date follows the last frost (18 June), and the bed stays cooler than the card asks. 70 days separate planting out (25 June) from the first autumn frost (3 September); the card's 36 days to the first harvest leave 34 for picking, so a start 4 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	18 June
First autumn frost	3 September, 70 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	31 July – 3 September
Days left for picking	34
Daylight	20:05 on 4 June, 20:48 on 25 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 11 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Iqaluit: care after planting

Planted on 25 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Iqaluit during the zucchini season

About 260 mm of rain falls in the season; June is the driest month (46 mm) and August the wettest (76 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	6.1	0.7	46	11	20:43
July	11.6	5.2	75	12	19:35
August	10.8	4.8	76	13	16:24
September	5	0.4	63	11	13:06

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Iqaluit, Trois-Rivières is 25 days earlier and Saguenay 7 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Saguenay	1,710 km	2 July – 5 August	7 days later
Quebec City	1,891 km	21 June – 11 August	4 days earlier
Trois-Rivières	1,952 km	31 May – 12 August	25 days earlier
Charlottetown	1,977 km	27 June – 16 August	2 days later
Moncton	1,977 km	26 June – 18 August	1 day later
Fredericton	1,983 km	28 June – 11 August	3 days later

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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