When to plant zucchini in Salzburg: 9 June – 14 August

In Salzburg, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 28 April to 24 July; plant into a greenhouse from 19 May to 14 August; plant out into open ground from 9 June to 14 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Paulbauernhof (farm shop, 13 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Zucchini in Salzburg: soil, season and weather

In Salzburg the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 22 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 9 June, 48 days later.

Last spring frost	22 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	9 June, 48 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	31 October, 144 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	15 July – 19 September
Days left for picking	108
Daylight	15:18 on 19 May, 15:55 on 9 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, October, has 13 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Salzburg: care after planting

Planted on 9 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Salzburg during the zucchini season

About 756 mm of rain falls in the season; October is the driest month (112 mm) and August the wettest (193 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.8	13.3	139	16	15:59
July	24.4	14.4	170	18	15:39
August	24.3	14.5	193	17	14:20
September	20.1	10.4	142	14	12:38
October	16.3	6.4	112	13	10:55

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Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Salzburg, Linz is 5 days earlier and Klagenfurt 24 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Linz	109 km	4 June – 26 August	5 days earlier
Munich	115 km	8 June – 23 August	1 day earlier
Innsbruck	136 km	29 June – 21 July	20 days later
Regensburg	151 km	14 June – 21 August	5 days later
Klagenfurt	163 km	3 July – 8 July	24 days later
České Budějovice	168 km	18 June – 20 August	9 days later

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Salzburg

Buy plants ready to set out from 9 June to 14 August (from 19 May to 14 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 28 April to 24 July. Within 15 km of Salzburg OpenStreetMap lists 20 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 4 plant nurseries, 7 markets and 15 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Grünmarkt am Universitätsplatz — market
Mon–Fri 07:00–19:00; Sat 06:00–15:00 · 0 km · stadt-salzburg.at
Schranne — market
Thu 05:00–13:00 · 1 km · stadt-salzburg.at
Selbstbedienungsladen — market
24/7 · 8 km
Paulbauernhof — farm shop
Gausburg 47, 83416 Saaldorf-Surheim · Thu 13:00–16:00; Fri 13:30–17:00; Sat 09:00–14:00, "if the farmer is there it is already open" · 13 km · paulbauernhof.de

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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