When to plant zucchini in Venice: 16 May – 19 September

In Venice, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 4 April to 29 August; plant into a greenhouse from 25 April to 19 September; plant out into open ground from 16 May to 19 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Laguna Fiorita Onlus (garden centre, 1 km) and Azienda Agricola Flor Claudia e Cristina (garden centre, 11 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Zucchini in Venice: soil, season and weather

In Venice the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 19 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 16 May, 86 days later.

Last spring frost	19 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	16 May, 86 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	6 December, 204 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 June – 25 October
Days left for picking	168
Daylight	13:59 on 25 April, 14:55 on 16 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 9 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Venice: care after planting

Planted on 16 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Venice during the zucchini season

About 729 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (62 mm) and May the wettest (136 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21	13.7	136	14	14:52
June	26.4	18.9	73	9	15:39
July	28.6	20.7	62	9	15:21
August	28.9	20.8	80	8	14:09
September	24.2	16.6	118	10	12:35
October	19.2	12.1	90	9	11:01
November	13.2	6.7	106	10	9:32
December	9	2.4	64	7	8:45

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Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Venice, Ferrara is 3 days earlier and Verona 13 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Treviso	27 km	19 May – 6 September	3 days later
Padua	35 km	15 May – 11 September	1 day earlier
Vicenza	62 km	24 May – 7 September	8 days later
Ferrara	87 km	13 May – 11 September	3 days earlier
Udine	99 km	23 May – 5 September	7 days later
Verona	105 km	29 May – 10 September	13 days later

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Venice

Buy plants ready to set out from 16 May to 19 September (from 25 April to 19 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 April to 29 August. Within 15 km of Venice OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 7 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

mercato del pesce — market
15 km
Azienda Agricola Flor Claudia e Cristina — garden centre
Via del Tinto 3, 30174 Mestre · Mon closed; Tue–Sat 08:30–12:30, 15:30–19:00; Sun 09:00–12:30 · 11 km · florclaudiaecristina.it
Laguna Fiorita Onlus — garden centre
Cannaregio 3546, 30121 Venezia · 1 km · lagunafiorita.it
Vivai Piante Toso Loris — garden centre
Via Rossignago 82, 30038 Spinea · 15 km · vivaitoso.it

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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