When to plant zucchini in Stoke-on-Trent: 20 June – 29 August

In Stoke-on-Trent, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 9 May to 8 August; plant into a greenhouse from 30 May to 29 August; plant out into open ground from 20 June to 29 August.

Zucchini in Stoke-on-Trent: soil, season and weather

In Stoke-on-Trent the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 27 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 20 June, 54 days later.

Last spring frost	27 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	20 June, 54 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	15 November, 148 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	26 July – 4 October
Days left for picking	112
Daylight	16:30 on 30 May, 16:56 on 20 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 15 rainy days

The same dates in Stoke-on-Trent hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Zucchini in Stoke-on-Trent: care after planting

Planted on 20 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Stoke-on-Trent during the zucchini season

About 495 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (70 mm) and October the wettest (98 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	18.8	10.4	80	14	16:54
July	20.2	12.1	88	15	16:28
August	19.7	12	70	15	14:49
September	17.2	10	84	14	12:45
October	13.4	7.6	98	14	10:41
November	9.1	4	75	14	8:43

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Stoke-on-Trent, Liverpool is 3 days earlier and Wrexham 15 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Derby	48 km	22 June – 5 September	2 days later
Manchester	50 km	28 June – 28 August	8 days later
Wrexham	54 km	5 July – 6 September	15 days later
Sheffield	61 km	29 June – 5 September	9 days later
Birmingham	63 km	20 June – 2 September	same day
Liverpool	68 km	17 June – 9 September	3 days earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Stoke-on-Trent

Buy plants ready to set out from 20 June to 29 August (from 30 May to 29 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 9 May to 8 August. Within 15 km of Stoke-on-Trent OpenStreetMap lists 12 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 plant nurseries, 6 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Meir Tree Nursery — plant nursery
9 km
Fernbridge Nurseries — plant nursery
10 km
Plantagogo — plant nursery
14 km
HJ Lea Oakes — farm supply
14 km · hjlea.com

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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