When to plant bell peppers in Albuquerque: 18 April – 20 July

In Albuquerque, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 27 January to 21 May; plant into a greenhouse from 28 March to 20 July; plant out into open ground from 18 April to 20 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Farm To You (farm shop, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Albuquerque: soil, season and weather

In Albuquerque the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 5 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 18 April, 13 days later.

Last spring frost	5 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	18 April, 13 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	28 March – 20 July; March outside: 2.8 °C at night, 17.9 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	9 November, 205 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	27 June – 28 September
Days left for picking	135
Daylight	10:59 on 17 February, 13:09 on 18 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, May, has 4 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Albuquerque: care after planting

Planted on 18 April: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

18 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
16 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 Albuquerque during the bell pepper season

Days average above the bell pepper card's 15–30 °C in June (33.4 °C), July (34.4 °C) and August (32.8 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in April, May and October, November (2.2–11.8 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	23.2	6.8	19	4	13:03
May	27.7	11.8	17	4	13:59
June	33.4	17.7	22	3	14:30
July	34.4	20.3	21	5	14:18
August	32.8	19.1	22	4	13:30
September	29.4	15.1	29	4	12:26
October	22.6	8.8	40	5	11:21
November	15.1	2.2	21	4	10:21

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Albuquerque, El Paso is 26 days earlier and Colorado Springs 49 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Santa Fe (United States)	94 km	3 May – 6 July	15 days later
Las Cruces	308 km	5 April – 4 August	13 days earlier
El Paso	369 km	23 March – 15 August	26 days earlier
Ciudad Juárez	378 km	23 March – 15 August	26 days earlier
Pueblo	398 km	3 May – 8 July	15 days later
Colorado Springs	448 km	6 June – 25 June	49 days later

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Albuquerque

Buy plants ready to set out from 18 April to 20 July (from 28 March to 20 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 27 January to 21 May. Within 15 km of Albuquerque OpenStreetMap lists 15 garden centres, 6 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Farm To You — farm shop
Menaul Boulevard Northeast 4615, 87110 Albuquerque · Mon–Sun 10:00–18:00 · 6 km · bomvida.com
Home Depot — garden centre
6 km
Rehm's Nursery — garden centre
6 km
Home Depot — garden centre
7 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.

Questions