When to plant bell peppers in Adana: 14 April – 25 August

In Adana, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 23 January to 26 June; plant into a greenhouse from 24 March to 25 August; plant out into open ground from 14 April to 25 August.

Bell Pepper in Adana: soil, season and weather

In Adana the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 3 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 14 April, 70 days later.

Last spring frost	3 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	14 April, 70 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	24 March – 25 August; March outside: 9 °C at night, 19.3 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	15 December, 245 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	23 June – 3 November
Days left for picking	175
Daylight	10:46 on 13 February, 13:05 on 14 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, July, has 2 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Adana: care after planting

Planted on 14 April: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

14 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
12 May — 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 Adana during the bell pepper season

Days average above the bell pepper card's 15–30 °C in June–September (32.3–36.2 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in April (12.6 °C), November (12.2 °C) and December (8 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	24	12.6	68	9	13:07
May	27.8	16.7	86	10	14:08
June	32.3	20.9	31	6	14:41
July	35.8	24.3	8	2	14:28
August	36.2	25	10	3	13:36
September	33.7	22	23	4	12:27
October	29.1	17.4	32	5	11:17
November	22.2	12.2	85	6	10:13
December	16.4	8	176	11	9:38

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant bell pepper later than Adana; the closest date is in Gaziantep, 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Gaziantep	183 km	15 April – 3 September	1 day later
Kayseri	192 km	20 May – 21 July	36 days later
Konya	268 km	28 April – 20 July	14 days later
Ankara	390 km	11 May – 14 July	27 days later
Antalya	411 km	27 April – 8 September	13 days later
Diyarbakır	446 km	1 May – 5 August	17 days later

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Adana

Buy plants ready to set out from 14 April to 25 August (from 24 March to 25 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 23 January to 26 June. Within 15 km of Adana OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop, 7 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Bizim Mini Hal — farm shop
7 km
Toros Mahallesi Kapalı Semt Pazarı — market
24/7 · 5 km
Pınar Market — market
81174. Sokak · 6 km
Kraiburg — farm supply
9 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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