Cucumber · Banī Suwayf, Beni Suweif, Egypt

When to plant cucumbers in Banī Suwayf

Main outdoor window

26 Jan - 9 Feb

The window this page is built around.

Timed from last spring frost

12 January

In Banī Suwayf, on your chosen risk.

Ready to pick

17 Mar - 6 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 Banī Suwayf

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

21 Dec - 5 Jan

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

Sow direct

26 Jan - 9 Feb

Two weeks after your last frost.

Plant out

26 Jan - 9 Feb

Two weeks after your last frost.

Harvest

17 Mar - 6 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 Banī Suwayf

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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 Banī Suwayf.

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Nearby

Cucumbers in places close by

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Also in Banī Suwayf

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 Banī Suwayf

When should I plant cucumbers in Banī Suwayf?

Aim for 26 Jan - 9 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 Banī Suwayf?

Expect to start picking around 17 Mar - 6 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.