When to plant zucchini in Magdeburg: 3 June – 1 September

In Magdeburg, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 22 April to 11 August; plant into a greenhouse from 13 May to 1 September; plant out into open ground from 3 June to 1 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Völckes Hofladen (farm shop, 4 km) and Magdeburger Pilz-Markt (farm shop, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Zucchini in Magdeburg: soil, season and weather

In Magdeburg the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 5 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 3 June, 59 days later.

Last spring frost	5 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 June, 59 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	18 November, 168 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	9 July – 7 October
Days left for picking	132
Daylight	15:34 on 13 May, 16:28 on 3 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 10 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Magdeburg: care after planting

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

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Magdeburg during the zucchini season

About 315 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (45 mm) and July the wettest (60 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24.3	14.1	53	9	16:44
July	24.5	15	60	10	16:18
August	24.9	15.2	52	10	14:43
September	20.9	12	47	8	12:43
October	15.1	8.3	58	12	10:44
November	8.7	3.3	45	10	8:50

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Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Magdeburg, Berlin is 3 days earlier and Erfurt 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Leipzig	102 km	5 June – 31 August	2 days later
Potsdam	102 km	3 June – 4 September	same day
Berlin	129 km	31 May – 2 September	3 days earlier
Hanover	132 km	7 June – 4 September	4 days later
Erfurt	134 km	9 June – 21 August	6 days later
Dresden	189 km	5 June – 1 September	2 days later

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Magdeburg

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 June to 1 September (from 13 May to 1 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 22 April to 11 August. Within 15 km of Magdeburg OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 1 market and 8 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Völckes Hofladen — farm shop
Wernigeröder Straße 61, 39118 Magdeburg · 4 km · voelckes-hofladen.eu
Magdeburger Pilz-Markt — farm shop
Agrarstraße 26b, 39130 Magdeburg · 5 km · magdeburger-pilzmanufaktur.de
Hofladen Braune — farm shop
Krugstraße 17, 39179 Barleben · Mon–Fri 07:30–11:00; Sat 07:30–11:00; public holidays closed · 7 km
Marclind Dorfladen — farm shop
Tue–Fri 08:00–12:00, 15:00–18:00; Sat 08:00–12:00 · 14 km · marclind-dorfladen.de

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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