When to plant bell peppers in Aberdeen: 19 July – 31 July

In Aberdeen, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 29 April to 1 June; plant into a greenhouse from 28 June to 31 July; plant out into open ground from 19 July to 31 July.

Bell Pepper in Aberdeen: soil, season and weather

In Aberdeen the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 10 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 19 July, 100 days later. 124 days separate planting out (19 July) from the first autumn frost (20 November); the card's 70 days to the first harvest leave 54 for picking, so a start 7 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	10 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	19 July, 100 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	28 June – 31 July; June outside: 9.6 °C at night, 16.2 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	20 November, 124 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	27 September – 9 October
Days left for picking	54
Daylight	16:49 on 20 May, 17:07 on 19 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, September, has 14 rainy days

The same dates in Aberdeen hold for Cucumber, Eggplant, Zucchini, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Bell Pepper in Aberdeen: care after planting

Planted on 19 July: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

Feeding, by the card’s schedule from that day:

19 July — feed: balanced (NPK)
16 August — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of bell pepper to watch for:

Dates count from the first planting day of the window above; a later planting moves them by as many days.

Weather in Aberdeen during the bell pepper season

No month of the season averages above the bell pepper card's 15–30 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 17.8 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: October (12.7 °C) and November (9 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from 4.4 °C to 11.5 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	17.8	11.5	103	18	17:19
August	17.7	11.4	74	15	15:18
September	15.8	9.9	68	14	12:51
October	12.7	7.6	108	16	10:27
November	9	4.4	87	15	8:06

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Aberdeen, Edinburgh is 13 days earlier and Dundee 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Dundee	91 km	21 July – 23 July	2 days later
Perth (United Kingdom)	115 km	19 July – 22 July	same day
Inverness	133 km	17 July – 24 July	2 days earlier
Edinburgh	148 km	6 July – 20 July	13 days earlier
Stirling	160 km	11 July – 20 July	8 days earlier
Glasgow	194 km	21 July – 22 July	2 days later

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Aberdeen

Buy plants ready to set out from 19 July to 31 July (from 28 June to 31 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 29 April to 1 June. Within 15 km of Aberdeen OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 3 plant nurseries and 2 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Mains of Drum Garden Centre — garden centre
14 km
Beechgrove Garden — plant nursery
11 km · beechgrove.co.uk
Research Plots — plant nursery
3 km
Grove Nursery — plant nursery
4 km

Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

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