Cucumber · Puebla, Puebla, Mexico

When to plant cucumbers in Puebla

Main outdoor window

29 Jan - 12 Feb

The window this page is built around.

Timed from last spring frost

15 January

In Puebla, on your chosen risk.

Ready to pick

20 Mar - 9 Apr

If you plant at the start of the window.

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

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Step by step in Puebla

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

25 Dec - 8 Jan

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

Sow direct

29 Jan - 12 Feb

Two weeks after your last frost.

Plant out

29 Jan - 12 Feb

Two weeks after your last frost.

Harvest

20 Mar - 9 Apr

Sow in succession. A single sowing gives you a single glut. Sow a short row every 21 days through the window above and you get a steady supply instead.

Frost tolerance

Tender

Damaged below

0°C (32°F)

Days to maturity

50–70

Min soil temp

18°C (64.4°F)

Spacing

45 cm

Sowing depth

20 mm (0.8 in)

Sun

Full

Cucumbers through the year

Against the frost risk in Puebla

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Cucumbers

Frost risk Start indoors Sow direct Plant out Harvest Today

Why these dates

Only three weeks indoors: cucumbers hate root disturbance, so sow into modules or pots you can plant whole. A second sowing three weeks after the first extends picking by a month.

Cold soil rots cucumber seed before it germinates. If soil is below 18C, wait - the seed is cheaper than the fortnight you would lose.

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. Cucumbers 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 Puebla.

The median frost-free season here is 311 days, against 50 to 70 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

Cucumbers in places close by

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Also in Puebla

Other vegetables to time

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

Growing cucumbers in Puebla

When should I plant cucumbers in Puebla?

Aim for 29 Jan - 12 Feb in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 29 Jan - 12 Feb - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When will cucumbers be ready to harvest in Puebla?

Expect to start picking around 20 Mar - 9 Apr, based on 50 to 70 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.

How much frost will cucumbers tolerate?

Cold soil rots cucumber seed before it germinates. If soil is below 18C, wait - the seed is cheaper than the fortnight you would lose.