Courgette · Ghāziābād, Uttar Pradesh, India
When to plant courgettes in Ghāziābād
Main outdoor window
21 Jan - 4 Feb
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
7 January
In Ghāziābād, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
7-22 Mar
If you plant at the start of the window.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Ghāziābād
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
16-30 Dec
Three weeks before your last frost, under cover or on a windowsill.
Sow direct
21 Jan - 4 Feb
Two weeks after your last frost.
Plant out
21 Jan - 4 Feb
Two weeks after your last frost.
Harvest
7-22 Mar
Courgettes through the year
Against the frost risk in Ghāziābād
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 Ghāziābād.
Also in Ghāziābād
Other vegetables to time
Growing courgettes in Ghāziābād
When should I plant courgettes in Ghāziābād?
Aim for 21 Jan - 4 Feb in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 21 Jan - 4 Feb - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will courgettes be ready to harvest in Ghāziābād?
Expect to start picking around 7-22 Mar, 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.