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Zucchini in Newfoundland
Usually productive with an indoor start and a sunny, sheltered bed.
demo estimate Guidance awaiting local review.
- Suitability for Newfoundland
- Warm-season — needs warm soil
- Indoor seed start
- ~3 weeks before planting out
- Transplant / sowing
- ~2 weeks after typical last frost
- Frost tolerance
- Frost tender
- Days to harvest
- 45–60 days
- Sunlight
- Full sun (6+ hrs)
- Spacing
- 90 cm apart
- Wind
- Moderate — some shelter helps
- Containers
- Works in containers
- Greenhouse
- Helpful
Common problems here
- Poor pollination in cool weather
- Powdery mildew late season
Varieties that make sense for a short season
- Compact bush types
Harvest
Pick at 15–20 cm.
Will zucchini work in your garden?
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