When to plant Cucumber in Province de Taounate

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Cucumber is a fast, thirsty climbing vine grown for its crisp young fruit — picked small and often, before the seeds inside go hard.

Cucumber in Province de Taounate, rain-fed and with irrigation
Measure	Rain-fed	With irrigation
Fit	Favourable
When to plant	24 Sep 2026 – 3 Oct 2026 open now	22 Mar 2027 – 10 Jun 2027
Expected harvest	about 10.3 t/ha	about 21.5 t/ha
Harvest	From 8 Nov 2026 to 12 Dec 2026, depending on the planting date
Ready to harvest	45–70 days after planting
Work it takes	120–247 days per hectare, by hand
Rain meets its needs	72%

Rain-fed. These dates are worked out from each place's own rainfall, for a field watered by the season — with irrigation a window can open earlier, close later, or come round more than once a year. Check your own field under What grows, or get the Divisi app for a calendar dated to your farm.

If you only get one chance to plant, aim for around 24 Sep 2026. That is the point in the window where the rains are most reliably established.

This season's rainfall outlook for Province de Taounate is close to normal, so these dates match the pattern the area usually follows.

Planting after 3 Oct 2026 leaves the crop short of season: it runs into the dry months before it has finished filling.

What decides this in Province de Taounate

Rain and temperature	88%
The soil	96%
The lie of the land	45%

For cucumber in Province de Taounate, the lie of the land is the tightest of the three at 45%. You cannot flatten it, but you can farm it: plant along the contour rather than up and down, ridge or tie ridges to hold water on the slope, and expect shallower rooting than the crop would manage on flat ground.

The 2026/27 season in Province de Taounate

When the rains are expected	October 2026 to April 2027
Rain in a typical year	About 520 mm
This season's rain	Rain close to usual — plan around about 520 mm falling roughly when it always does
This season's heat	Hotter than usual — about +1.2 °C over the growing months. Heat makes the same rain do less, so a dry spell bites sooner: do not plant late, and shade or mulch what you can.
What that supports	enough rain for one full main crop, warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth
Ground this covers	One kind of ground throughout.

last updated 17 September 2026

Sloping ground holds back about 45% of yield here.

What cucumber needs to grow here

Soil it likes	well-drained sandy loam or loam soil
Soil sourness (pH)	Happiest between pH 6.0 and 6.8
Rain it needs	About 1,000–1,200 mm across the season
Spacing	150 cm between rows, 40 cm between plants
Feed it most with	nitrogen and potassium

What it takes to grow cucumber in Province de Taounate

Nitrogen (N)	About 19 kg per hectare
Phosphate (P₂O₅)	About 10 kg per hectare
Potash (K₂O)	About 31 kg per hectare
In the shops	A basal compound at planting — Compound D, or an NPK blend — covers the phosphate and potash. A nitrogen top dressing — urea or AN — goes on once the crop is established.
Hand work	120–247 days per hectare, by hand

These are the nutrients a cucumber crop of that size carries off the field. What you actually apply depends on what your soil already holds — which is what a soil test, or the app's field records, tell you.

What to watch for

Pest/disease risk — manageableSoil pH outside the crop's rangeCorrect soil pH (acidifier)

Grow Cucumber with a plan, not a guess

Everything above describes Province de Taounate as a whole — your own soil, slope and rainfall will shift the dates. The Divisi app works them out for your field, and dates each job that follows.

Or check your field first

Cucumber in nearby districts

How to grow Cucumber, step by step Land preparation to harvest — every task, in order

Frequently asked questions

Will cucumber grow well in Province de Taounate?

Province de Taounate rates as favourable for cucumber.

When should I plant cucumber in Province de Taounate?

Typically 24 Sep 2026 to 3 Oct 2026, forecast-adjusted.

Is this exact for my own field?

No — these are readings taken across Province de Taounate, not on your field. Soil, slope and rainfall change from one farm to the next. Check your own location to see your own numbers.