When to plant zucchini in Temuco: 9 December – 5 March

In Temuco, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 28 October to 13 February; plant into a greenhouse from 18 November to 5 March; plant out into open ground from 9 December to 5 March.

Zucchini in Temuco: soil, season and weather

In Temuco the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 5 September, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 9 December, 95 days later.

Last spring frost	5 September
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	9 December, 95 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	22 May, 165 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	14 January – 10 April
Days left for picking	129
Daylight	14:19 on 18 November, 14:47 on 9 December
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, February, has 4 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Temuco: care after planting

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

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Temuco during the zucchini season

About 408 mm of rain falls in the season; February is the driest month (22 mm) and May the wettest (138 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
December	22	9.5	40	6	14:51
January	24.3	10.7	29	4	14:35
February	25	11.4	22	4	13:33
March	21.4	9.5	69	7	12:23
April	16.9	7.5	110	11	11:06
May	13.6	5.5	138	12	10:03

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Temuco, Chillán is 25 days earlier and Bariloche 25 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Valdivia	131 km	11 December – 27 March	2 days later
Los Ángeles	143 km	23 November – 14 March	16 days earlier
Osorno	208 km	29 December – 15 March	20 days later
Concepción	216 km	6 December – 26 March	3 days earlier
Chillán	241 km	14 November – 25 March	25 days earlier
Bariloche	290 km	from 3 January	25 days later

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Temuco

Buy plants ready to set out from 9 December to 5 March (from 18 November to 5 March for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 28 October to 13 February. Within 15 km of Temuco OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 8 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 7 markets and 15 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Mercadito Tucapel — market
2 km
Mercado Modelo — market
1 km
Feria We Newen — market
2 km
Feria Araucanía — farm shop
7 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.

Questions