When to plant zucchini in Parma: 19 May – 12 September

In Parma, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 7 April to 22 August; plant into a greenhouse from 28 April to 12 September; plant out into open ground from 19 May to 12 September.

Zucchini in Parma: soil, season and weather

In Parma the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 18 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 19 May, 62 days later.

Last spring frost	18 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	19 May, 62 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	29 November, 194 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	24 June – 18 October
Days left for picking	158
Daylight	14:05 on 28 April, 14:57 on 19 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 7 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Parma: care after planting

Planted on 19 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Parma during the zucchini season

About 572 mm of rain falls in the season; June is the driest month (50 mm) and May the wettest (127 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.9	12.1	127	15	14:49
June	28.4	17.3	50	7	15:34
July	31.1	19.6	55	8	15:16
August	30.7	19.6	62	8	14:06
September	25.2	15.1	72	9	12:34
October	19.3	10.8	105	9	11:02
November	12.1	5.4	101	10	9:36

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Parma, Piacenza is 8 days earlier and Verona 10 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Modena	50 km	14 May – 13 September	5 days earlier
Mantua	54 km	14 May – 11 September	5 days earlier
Piacenza	58 km	11 May – 14 September	8 days earlier
Brescia	83 km	15 May – 11 September	4 days earlier
Bologna	87 km	16 May – 12 September	3 days earlier
Verona	88 km	29 May – 10 September	10 days later

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Parma

Buy plants ready to set out from 19 May to 12 September (from 28 April to 12 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 7 April to 22 August. Within 15 km of Parma OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 plant nurseries, 3 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Piante Saracchi — plant nursery
4 km
Vivaio Neri — plant nursery
9 km
Vivaio "Ardiani F.li" — plant nursery
12 km
Agricola Pedemontana — farm supply
15 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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