When to plant zucchini in Quetta: 7 April – 22 September

In Quetta, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 24 February to 1 September; plant into a greenhouse from 17 March to 22 September; plant out into open ground from 7 April to 22 September.

Zucchini in Quetta: soil, season and weather

In Quetta the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 13 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 7 April, 53 days later.

Last spring frost	13 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	7 April, 53 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	9 December, 246 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	13 May – 28 October
Days left for picking	210
Daylight	12:01 on 17 March, 12:39 on 7 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 0 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Quetta: care after planting

Planted on 7 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Quetta during the zucchini season

About 86 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (1 mm) and April the wettest (24 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	25.1	11.5	24	4	12:53
May	30.2	16.2	4	1	13:40
June	34.3	19	3	1	14:05
July	35.2	20.7	7	2	13:55
August	33.2	19	24	3	13:16
September	30.7	15.5	1	0	12:22
October	24.2	10.5	2	1	11:28
November	17.5	5.4	10	2	10:39
December	13.3	2	11	2	10:13

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Quetta, Peshawar is 21 days earlier and Samarkand 21 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Peshawar	602 km	from 17 March	21 days earlier
Islamabad	689 km	from 8 April	1 day later
Murree	728 km	2 April – 2 October	5 days earlier
Samarkand	1,051 km	28 April – 18 August	21 days later
Bukhara	1,090 km	7 April – 19 August	same day
Tashkent	1,250 km	27 April – 19 August	20 days later

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Quetta

Buy plants ready to set out from 7 April to 22 September (from 17 March to 22 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 February to 1 September. Within 15 km of Quetta OpenStreetMap lists 18 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Vegetable Market Hazarganji — market
Hazarganji Road, 87300 Quetta · 15 km
PopulZai PLaZa — market
جناح روڈ, 87300 Quetta · 1 km
قالین مارکیٹ — market
Double Road, 87300 quetta · 3 km
NATO Market Qta — market
Double Road, 87300 Quetta · 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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