When to plant zucchini in Modena: 14 May – 13 September

In Modena, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 2 April to 23 August; plant into a greenhouse from 23 April to 13 September; plant out into open ground from 14 May to 13 September.

Zucchini in Modena: soil, season and weather

In Modena the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 14 May, 55 days later.

Last spring frost	20 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	14 May, 55 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	30 November, 200 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	19 June – 19 October
Days left for picking	164
Daylight	13:50 on 23 April, 14:45 on 14 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 7 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Modena: care after planting

Planted on 14 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Modena during the zucchini season

About 497 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (47 mm) and May the wettest (109 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	23	12.6	109	14	14:48
June	29.5	18	49	7	15:33
July	31.9	20.2	47	7	15:15
August	31.5	20	59	8	14:05
September	26.1	15.6	74	8	12:34
October	20.4	10.9	76	8	11:02
November	13.1	5.4	83	10	9:37

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Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Modena, Ferrara is 1 day earlier and Verona 15 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bologna	37 km	16 May – 12 September	2 days later
Parma	50 km	19 May – 12 September	5 days later
Mantua	58 km	14 May – 11 September	same day
Ferrara	58 km	13 May – 11 September	1 day earlier
Verona	88 km	29 May – 10 September	15 days later
Florence	101 km	28 May – 10 September	14 days later

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Modena

Buy plants ready to set out from 14 May to 13 September (from 23 April to 13 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 2 April to 23 August. Within 15 km of Modena OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 5 markets and 9 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

L'Ortensia — garden centre
5 km
Vivaio Ortensia — garden centre
8 km
Vivaio Vecchi — garden centre
10 km
Geocentro — garden centre
13 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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