When to plant zucchini in Saguenay: 2 July – 5 August

In Saguenay, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 21 May to 15 July; plant into a greenhouse from 11 June to 5 August; plant out into open ground from 2 July to 5 August.

Zucchini in Saguenay: soil, season and weather

In Saguenay the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 14 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 2 July, 49 days later.

Last spring frost	14 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	2 July, 49 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	22 October, 112 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	7 August – 10 September
Days left for picking	76
Daylight	16:02 on 11 June, 16:02 on 2 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 13 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Saguenay: care after planting

Planted on 2 July: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Saguenay during the zucchini season

About 561 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (118 mm) and July the wettest (173 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	24.2	14.8	173	16	15:44
August	23.1	14.1	144	14	14:23
September	18.9	10	118	13	12:39
October	11.9	4.4	126	14	10:54

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant zucchini earlier than Saguenay; the closest date is in Fredericton, 4 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Quebec City	180 km	21 June – 11 August	11 days earlier
Trois-Rivières	257 km	31 May – 12 August	32 days earlier
Sherbrooke	343 km	18 June – 10 August	14 days earlier
Montreal	377 km	30 May – 15 August	33 days earlier
Fredericton	432 km	28 June – 11 August	4 days earlier
Bangor	434 km	25 June – 17 August	7 days earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Saguenay

Buy plants ready to set out from 2 July to 5 August (from 11 June to 5 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 21 May to 15 July. Within 15 km of Saguenay OpenStreetMap lists 2 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Halles centrales — market
1 km
Les Halles de la Rivière — market
14 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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