When to plant zucchini in Limerick: 6 July – 4 September

In Limerick, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 25 May to 14 August; plant into a greenhouse from 15 June to 4 September; plant out into open ground from 6 July to 4 September.

Zucchini in Limerick: soil, season and weather

In Limerick the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 13 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 6 July, 115 days later.

Last spring frost	13 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	6 July, 115 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	21 November, 138 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	11 August – 10 October
Days left for picking	102
Daylight	16:50 on 15 June, 16:41 on 6 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 17 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Limerick: care after planting

Planted on 6 July: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Limerick during the zucchini season

About 611 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (110 mm) and October the wettest (134 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	18.9	12.4	110	17	16:24
August	18.7	12.4	123	20	14:46
September	16.7	10.6	121	17	12:44
October	13.8	8.4	134	19	10:42
November	10.4	5.6	123	17	8:46

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Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Limerick, Tralee is 10 days earlier and Cork 9 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Galway	73 km	13 July – 11 September	7 days later
Tralee	84 km	26 June – 5 September	10 days earlier
Cork	85 km	15 July – 4 September	9 days later
Kilkenny	93 km	15 July – 3 September	9 days later
Athlone	96 km	13 July – 9 September	7 days later
Waterford	112 km	28 June – 3 September	8 days earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Limerick

Buy plants ready to set out from 6 July to 4 September (from 15 June to 4 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 May to 14 August. Within 15 km of Limerick OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Grove View Garden Centre — garden centre
7 km
Dan O Connor Farm Feeds — farm supply
3 km
TabaccoLand Ltd — market
1 km
Student Courtyard — market
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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