When to plant zucchini in Potenza: 14 June – 8 September

In Potenza, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 3 May to 18 August; plant into a greenhouse from 24 May to 8 September; plant out into open ground from 14 June to 8 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Olimpo Verde (garden centre, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Zucchini in Potenza: soil, season and weather

In Potenza the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 14 June, 60 days later.

Last spring frost	15 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	14 June, 60 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	25 November, 164 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	20 July – 14 October
Days left for picking	128
Daylight	14:41 on 24 May, 15:04 on 14 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 5 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Potenza: care after planting

Planted on 14 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Potenza during the zucchini season

About 330 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (29 mm) and November the wettest (103 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24.2	12.3	47	8	15:04
July	27.4	14.9	29	5	14:49
August	26.8	14.9	37	7	13:49
September	21.6	11.3	54	8	12:30
October	17	7.7	60	9	11:11
November	11.6	4.1	103	14	9:57

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Zucchini in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant zucchini earlier than Potenza; the closest date is in Salerno, 7 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Salerno	86 km	7 June – 24 September	7 days earlier
Foggia	94 km	23 April – 3 October	52 days earlier
Bari	104 km	from 4 May	41 days earlier
Taranto	123 km	from 25 April	50 days earlier
Cosenza	154 km	3 June – 13 September	11 days earlier
Lecce	202 km	3 May – 10 September	42 days earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Potenza

Buy plants ready to set out from 14 June to 8 September (from 24 May to 8 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 3 May to 18 August. Within 15 km of Potenza OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Olimpo Verde — garden centre
Via Madonna del Carmine 294 · 6 km · olimpoverde.it
CODRA — garden centre
11 km
Piazza Mercato — market
14 km
Caseificio B&M — farm shop
8 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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