When to plant zucchini in Perugia: 29 May – 8 September

In Perugia, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 17 April to 18 August; plant into a greenhouse from 8 May to 8 September; plant out into open ground from 29 May to 8 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include La Spinosa (garden centre, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Zucchini in Perugia: soil, season and weather

In Perugia the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 7 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 29 May, 52 days later.

Last spring frost	7 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	29 May, 52 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	25 November, 180 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	4 July – 14 October
Days left for picking	144
Daylight	14:23 on 8 May, 15:04 on 29 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 4 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Perugia: care after planting

Planted on 29 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Perugia during the zucchini season

About 504 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (30 mm) and November the wettest (123 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.8	10	79	12	14:39
June	28.4	15.2	49	7	15:21
July	31.6	18	30	4	15:05
August	31.5	17.6	42	5	13:59
September	25.6	13.5	97	9	12:33
October	20.7	9.6	84	10	11:06
November	14.5	5.5	123	12	9:45

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Perugia, Ancona is 19 days earlier and Arezzo 11 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Arezzo	57 km	9 June – 4 September	11 days later
Siena	89 km	26 May – 10 September	3 days earlier
San Marino	92 km	16 May – 25 September	13 days earlier
Rimini	107 km	16 May – 25 September	13 days earlier
Ancona	108 km	10 May – 24 September	19 days earlier
Florence	117 km	28 May – 10 September	1 day earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Perugia

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 May to 8 September (from 8 May to 8 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 17 April to 18 August. Within 15 km of Perugia OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 4 markets and 6 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Azienda Agricola Ciuchicchi — farm shop
8 km · azienda-agricola-ciuchicchi.business.site
Azienda Agricola Mincioni — farm shop
7 km
Palazzo di Aiale Società Agricola — farm shop
11 km
La Spinosa — garden centre
Strada Rivolta - Valvitiano 9, Ponte Felcino · 4 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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