When to plant zucchini in Nîmes: 17 May – 14 September

In Nîmes, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 5 April to 24 August; plant into a greenhouse from 26 April to 14 September; plant out into open ground from 17 May to 14 September.

Zucchini in Nîmes: soil, season and weather

In Nîmes the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 17 May, 91 days later.

Last spring frost	15 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	17 May, 91 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	1 December, 198 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	22 June – 20 October
Days left for picking	162
Daylight	13:56 on 26 April, 14:47 on 17 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Nîmes: care after planting

Planted on 17 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Nîmes during the zucchini season

About 549 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (16 mm) and October the wettest (119 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22.9	12.3	86	9	14:43
June	28.5	17.2	43	7	15:27
July	32	19.8	16	3	15:09
August	31.5	19.5	34	4	14:02
September	26.2	15.6	80	6	12:34
October	21.2	12.2	119	9	11:04
November	15	7.2	102	10	9:41
December	12.1	4.2	69	9	8:56

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Nîmes, Perpignan is 23 days earlier and Saint-Étienne 28 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Avignon	38 km	18 May – 15 September	1 day later
Montpellier	46 km	8 May – 11 October	9 days earlier
Marseille	101 km	from 10 May	7 days earlier
Valence	129 km	29 May – 4 September	12 days later
Perpignan	173 km	24 April – 25 September	23 days earlier
Saint-Étienne	178 km	14 June – 31 August	28 days later

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Nîmes

Buy plants ready to set out from 17 May to 14 September (from 26 April to 14 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 5 April to 24 August. Within 15 km of Nîmes OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries, 8 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Espace Jardin — garden centre
15 km
Sud Géranium — garden centre
15 km
Poirier — garden centre
15 km
Pépinières du Bas-Rhône — plant nursery
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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