When to plant zucchini in L'Aquila: 22 June – 26 August

In L'Aquila, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 11 May to 5 August; plant into a greenhouse from 1 June to 26 August; plant out into open ground from 22 June to 26 August.

Zucchini in L'Aquila: soil, season and weather

In L'Aquila the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 22 June, 63 days later.

Last spring frost	20 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	22 June, 63 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	12 November, 143 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	28 July – 1 October
Days left for picking	107
Daylight	15:04 on 1 June, 15:17 on 22 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 9 rainy days

The same dates in L'Aquila hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Zucchini in L'Aquila: care after planting

Planted on 22 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in L'Aquila during the zucchini season

About 443 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (53 mm) and November the wettest (119 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	21	11.1	60	12	15:16
July	24.1	13.6	53	9	15:00
August	23.8	13.7	57	10	13:56
September	18.6	9.6	75	11	12:32
October	14.6	6.2	79	11	11:07
November	8.9	2.1	119	13	9:48

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Zucchini in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant zucchini earlier than L'Aquila; the closest date is in Arezzo, 13 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Pescara	67 km	8 May – 23 September	45 days earlier
Rome	90 km	20 May – 23 September	33 days earlier
Perugia	118 km	29 May – 8 September	24 days earlier
Ancona	142 km	10 May – 24 September	43 days earlier
Arezzo	175 km	9 June – 4 September	13 days earlier
San Marino	193 km	16 May – 25 September	37 days earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near L'Aquila

Buy plants ready to set out from 22 June to 26 August (from 1 June to 26 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 11 May to 5 August. Within 15 km of L'Aquila OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 2 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercato Contadino L'Aquila — market
Via Eusanio Stella 4, 67100 L'Aquila · Tue–Sat 08:30–13:30, 16:00–17:30 · 2 km · facebook.com
Mico Plants — garden centre
14 km
Mercato di Piazza d'Armi — market
2 km
I Sapori della Natura — farm shop
9 km · agroamiternum.it

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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