When to plant zucchini in Úbeda: 7 May – 16 September

In Úbeda, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 26 March to 26 August; plant into a greenhouse from 16 April to 16 September; plant out into open ground from 7 May to 16 September.

Zucchini in Úbeda: soil, season and weather

In Úbeda the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 25 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 7 May, 71 days later.

Last spring frost	25 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	7 May, 71 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	3 December, 210 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 June – 22 October
Days left for picking	174
Daylight	13:12 on 16 April, 13:58 on 7 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 1 rainy day

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

Zucchini in Úbeda: care after planting

Planted on 7 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Úbeda during the zucchini season

About 225 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (1 mm) and November the wettest (56 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	25.6	12.3	35	5	14:13
June	31.5	17.5	16	3	14:47
July	36.3	21.1	1	1	14:34
August	35.9	21	3	1	13:40
September	29.8	16.6	23	3	12:28
October	24.6	12.2	43	7	11:16
November	16.5	6.4	56	9	10:08
December	13.5	3.6	48	7	9:33

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Úbeda, Lorca is 19 days earlier and Granada 24 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Jaén	46 km	26 April – 30 September	11 days earlier
Granada	94 km	31 May – 9 September	24 days later
Ciudad Real	119 km	7 May – 11 September	same day
Córdoba (Spain)	123 km	21 April – 11 October	16 days earlier
Lorca	151 km	18 April – 28 September	19 days earlier
Alcázar de San Juan	154 km	30 April – 15 September	7 days earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Úbeda

Buy plants ready to set out from 7 May to 16 September (from 16 April to 16 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 26 March to 26 August. Within 15 km of Úbeda OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 8 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery and 8 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Piensos y derivados — farm supply
9 km
Mercado de Abastos — market
9 km
Mercado de Abastos — market
11 km
Mercado de Abastos — market
12 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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