Courgette · Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico

When to plant courgettes in Irapuato

Main outdoor window

1-15 Feb

The window this page is built around.

Timed from last spring frost

18 January

In Irapuato, on your chosen risk.

Ready to pick

18 Mar - 2 Apr

If you plant at the start of the window.

The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.

Cautious Balanced Bold

Step by step in Irapuato

Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.

Start indoors

28 Dec - 11 Jan

Three weeks before your last frost, under cover or on a windowsill.

Sow direct

1-15 Feb

Two weeks after your last frost.

Plant out

1-15 Feb

Two weeks after your last frost.

Harvest

18 Mar - 2 Apr

Sow in succession. A single sowing gives you a single glut. Sow a short row every 28 days through the window above and you get a steady supply instead.

Frost tolerance

Tender

Damaged below

0°C (32°F)

Days to maturity

45–60

Min soil temp

18°C (64.4°F)

Spacing

90 cm

Sowing depth

25 mm (1 in)

Sun

Full

Courgettes through the year

Against the frost risk in Irapuato

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Courgettes

Frost risk Start indoors Sow direct Plant out Harvest Today

Why these dates

Two plants feed most households. A single sowing two weeks after last frost is usually enough; a July sowing gives cleaner, mildew-free fruit in long-season climates.

One light frost ends the plant. Because it crops so quickly, a courgette sown after all frost risk has passed still produces for months.

Seed packets and extension guides express timing as weeks either side of the last spring frost, because that is the only reference point that travels. Courgettes are timed from 3 weeks before that frost for an indoor start, with planting out 2 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Irapuato.

The median frost-free season here is 327 days, against 45 to 60 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.

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Nearby

Courgettes in places close by

Celaya 59 km León de los Aldama 61 km Santiago de Querétaro 101 km Morelia 109 km Uruapan 158 km Aguascalientes 166 km

Also in Irapuato

Other vegetables to time

Tomatoes tender Lettuce half hardy Potatoes half hardy Sweet peppers tender Carrots hardy Cucumbers tender Green beans tender Peas hardy Garlic very hardy Chilli peppers tender Sweetcorn tender

Growing courgettes in Irapuato

When should I plant courgettes in Irapuato?

Aim for 1-15 Feb in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 7-21 Mar - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When will courgettes be ready to harvest in Irapuato?

Expect to start picking around 18 Mar - 2 Apr, based on 45 to 60 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.

How much frost will courgettes tolerate?

One light frost ends the plant. Because it crops so quickly, a courgette sown after all frost risk has passed still produces for months.