When to plant zucchini in Udine: 23 May – 5 September

In Udine, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 11 April to 15 August; plant into a greenhouse from 2 May to 5 September; plant out into open ground from 23 May to 5 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Farmer's Market (farm shop, 3 km) and La di Cjastelan (farm shop, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Zucchini in Udine: soil, season and weather

In Udine the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 25 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 23 May, 59 days later.

Last spring frost	25 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	23 May, 59 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	22 November, 183 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	28 June – 11 October
Days left for picking	147
Daylight	14:22 on 2 May, 15:14 on 23 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 11 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Udine: care after planting

Planted on 23 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Udine during the zucchini season

About 1126 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (103 mm) and September the wettest (212 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.4	11.6	192	16	14:56
June	27.2	16.7	125	12	15:44
July	29.3	18.3	103	11	15:25
August	29.4	18.4	143	10	14:12
September	24.2	14.3	212	13	12:36
October	19.1	9.9	166	12	10:59
November	13.3	4.9	185	11	9:29

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Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Udine, Padua is 8 days earlier and Klagenfurt 41 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Trieste	63 km	5 June – 11 September	13 days later
Treviso	89 km	19 May – 6 September	4 days earlier
Venice	99 km	16 May – 19 September	7 days earlier
Klagenfurt	102 km	3 July – 8 July	41 days later
Padua	129 km	15 May – 11 September	8 days earlier
Vicenza	143 km	24 May – 7 September	1 day later

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Udine

Buy plants ready to set out from 23 May to 5 September (from 2 May to 5 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 11 April to 15 August. Within 15 km of Udine OpenStreetMap lists 16 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 4 plant nurseries, 6 markets and 18 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Farmer's Market — farm shop
Thu 08:00–12:30 · 3 km · campagnamica.it
La di Cjastelan — farm shop
Via San Osvaldo 57, 33100 Udine · 09:00–12:30 · 3 km
Azienda Agricola Ippolito Elisa — farm shop
Via Colloredo 2, 33010 Pagnacco · Mon–Tue, Thu–Sat 08:30–13:00, 15:30–19:30; Wed 08:30–13:00 · 7 km
Azienda Agricola Uccellins — farm shop
Via dei Mins 8, 33010 Reana del Rojale · Mon, Thu 15:00–19:00; Tue, Fri, Sat 09:00–13:00 · 8 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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