When to plant zucchini in Victoria: 13 June – 4 October

In Victoria, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 2 May to 13 September; plant into a greenhouse from 23 May to 4 October; plant out into open ground from 13 June to 4 October.

Zucchini in Victoria: soil, season and weather

In Victoria the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 1 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 13 June, 104 days later.

Last spring frost	1 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	13 June, 104 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	21 December, 191 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	19 July – 9 November
Days left for picking	155
Daylight	15:32 on 23 May, 16:04 on 13 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 2 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Victoria: care after planting

Planted on 13 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Victoria during the zucchini season

About 600 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (11 mm) and December the wettest (177 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	20.8	12.1	32	6	16:05
July	24.4	14.6	11	2	15:44
August	24.6	15.3	22	4	14:23
September	20.1	12.9	58	8	12:39
October	14	8.7	126	14	10:54
November	9.8	5.8	174	18	9:15
December	7.2	3.4	177	19	8:21

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Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Victoria, Kelowna is 11 days earlier and Olympia 13 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Vancouver	96 km	22 June – 31 August	9 days later
Seattle	120 km	21 June – 7 September	8 days later
Olympia	159 km	26 June – 29 August	13 days later
Kelowna	325 km	2 June – 14 August	11 days earlier
Portland	328 km	17 June – 5 September	4 days later
Salem	389 km	6 June – 31 August	7 days earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Victoria

Buy plants ready to set out from 13 June to 4 October (from 23 May to 4 October for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 2 May to 13 September. Within 15 km of Victoria OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 7 markets and 6 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Buckerfield's — farm supply
11 km
Food Truck Festival — market
1 km · royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
Foxgloves Farm Stand — farm shop
4 km
Glanford Greenhouses — farm shop
4 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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