When to plant zucchini in Orléans: 2 June – 8 September

In Orléans, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 21 April to 18 August; plant into a greenhouse from 12 May to 8 September; plant out into open ground from 2 June to 8 September.

Zucchini in Orléans: soil, season and weather

In Orléans the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 2 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 2 June, 61 days later.

Last spring frost	2 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	2 June, 61 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	25 November, 176 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	8 July – 14 October
Days left for picking	140
Daylight	15:00 on 12 May, 15:46 on 2 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 8 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Orléans: care after planting

Planted on 2 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Orléans during the zucchini season

About 387 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (52 mm) and June the wettest (78 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.7	14	78	11	16:00
July	25.4	15.4	53	8	15:40
August	25.4	15.2	52	8	14:20
September	21.9	12.4	62	10	12:38
October	17.2	9.4	74	12	10:55
November	11	5	68	13	9:18

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Orléans, Paris is 4 days earlier and Rouen 14 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Tours	107 km	31 May – 10 September	2 days earlier
Paris	112 km	29 May – 3 September	4 days earlier
Le Mans	127 km	31 May – 7 September	2 days earlier
Troyes	169 km	2 June – 1 September	same day
Rouen	181 km	16 June – 4 September	14 days later
Poitiers	188 km	30 May – 2 September	3 days earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Orléans

Buy plants ready to set out from 2 June to 8 September (from 12 May to 8 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 21 April to 18 August. Within 15 km of Orléans OpenStreetMap lists 13 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries, 37 markets and 16 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Marché Place Clovis — market
Place Clovis, 45750 Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin · Sat 08:00–13:00 · 3 km · saint-pryve.com
Marché de Fleury Lamballe — market
Rue Beethoven, 45400 Fleury-les-Aubrais · Sun 08:00–13:00 · 4 km · fleurylesaubrais.fr
Marché d'Olivet place Louis Sallé — market
Place Louis Sallé, 45160 Olivet · Fri 14:00–19:00 · 4 km · olivet.fr
Marché de Béraire — market
Place Béraire, 45380 La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin · Sat 08:00–13:00 · 5 km · ville-lachapellesaintmesmin.fr

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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