Courgette · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
When to plant courgettes in Lagos
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Lagos, on your chosen risk.
First autumn frost
no autumn frost
The far end of the outdoor season.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Lagos
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.
Courgettes through the year
Against the frost risk in Lagos
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 Lagos.
Also in Lagos
Other vegetables to time
Growing courgettes in Lagos
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.