When to plant zucchini in Palermo: 28 May – 6 October

In Palermo, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 16 April to 15 September; plant into a greenhouse from 7 May to 6 October; plant out into open ground from 28 May to 6 October.

Zucchini in Palermo: soil, season and weather

In Palermo the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 23 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 28 May, 94 days later.

Last spring frost	23 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	28 May, 94 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	23 December, 209 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	3 July – 11 November
Days left for picking	173
Daylight	13:58 on 7 May, 14:33 on 28 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Palermo: care after planting

Planted on 28 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Palermo during the zucchini season

About 471 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (9 mm) and November the wettest (99 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	18.8	9.5	77	10	14:13
June	25.1	15	34	5	14:48
July	28.3	17.6	9	3	14:34
August	27.4	17.3	27	7	13:40
September	23	14.3	63	12	12:28
October	18.7	10.7	80	11	11:15
November	13.5	6.9	99	14	10:08
December	9.9	3.6	82	12	9:32

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Palermo, Catania is 33 days earlier and Potenza 17 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Catania	167 km	from 25 April	33 days earlier
Messina	192 km	from 21 May	7 days earlier
Reggio Calabria	200 km	24 May – 2 October	4 days earlier
Cosenza	283 km	3 June – 13 September	6 days later
Salerno	310 km	7 June – 24 September	10 days later
Potenza	350 km	14 June – 8 September	17 days later

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Palermo

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 May to 6 October (from 7 May to 6 October for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 16 April to 15 September. Within 15 km of Palermo OpenStreetMap lists 11 garden centres, 3 plant nurseries, 12 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Vivaio Lo Verso — plant nursery
2 km
Massimo Di Fiore — plant nursery
3 km
Vivaio della Forestale — plant nursery
10 km
La Vucciria — market
0 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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