When to plant zucchini in Tralee: 26 June – 5 September

In Tralee, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 15 May to 15 August; plant into a greenhouse from 5 June to 5 September; plant out into open ground from 26 June to 5 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Dairymaster (farm supply, 1 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Zucchini in Tralee: soil, season and weather

In Tralee the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 23 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 26 June, 95 days later.

Last spring frost	23 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	26 June, 95 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	22 November, 149 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	1 August – 11 October
Days left for picking	113
Daylight	16:33 on 5 June, 16:46 on 26 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 19 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Tralee: care after planting

Planted on 26 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Tralee during the zucchini season

About 768 mm of rain falls in the season; June is the driest month (99 mm) and November the wettest (145 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	17	11	99	19	16:45
July	18.1	12.5	116	19	16:20
August	18.2	12.7	142	21	14:44
September	16.6	10.9	125	20	12:44
October	13.8	8.9	141	19	10:43
November	10.8	6.1	145	19	8:49

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Zucchini in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant zucchini later than Tralee; the closest date is in Waterford, 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Limerick	84 km	6 July – 4 September	10 days later
Cork	94 km	15 July – 4 September	19 days later
Galway	119 km	13 July – 11 September	17 days later
Kilkenny	171 km	15 July – 3 September	19 days later
Athlone	174 km	13 July – 9 September	17 days later
Waterford	176 km	28 June – 3 September	2 days later

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Tralee

Buy plants ready to set out from 26 June to 5 September (from 5 June to 5 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 15 May to 15 August. Within 15 km of Tralee OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Dairymaster — farm supply
Rock Street 104, Tralee · 1 km
Kingdom Garden Centre — garden centre
5 km
Kellihers Feeds & Agricultural Supplies Limited — farm supply
1 km · kfa.ie
Nolans Tralee — farm supply
1 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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