When to plant bell peppers in Amiens: 12 June – 1 August

In Amiens, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 23 March to 2 June; plant into a greenhouse from 22 May to 1 August; plant out into open ground from 12 June to 1 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Hortipassion (garden centre, 14 km) and Agri Santerre (farm supply, 15 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Amiens: soil, season and weather

In Amiens 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 12 June, 68 days later.

Last spring frost	5 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	12 June, 68 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	22 May – 1 August; May outside: 8.5 °C at night, 17.8 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	21 November, 162 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 August – 10 October
Days left for picking	92
Daylight	13:37 on 13 April, 16:17 on 12 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, August, has 10 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Amiens: care after planting

Planted on 12 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

12 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
10 July — 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 Amiens during the bell pepper season

No month of the season averages above the bell pepper card's 15–30 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 23.1 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: November (10.4 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from 4.8 °C to 13.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	21.6	12.1	66	12	16:19
July	23	13.7	63	11	15:57
August	23.1	13.9	59	10	14:31
September	20.2	11.7	62	12	12:40
October	15.9	9	81	13	10:50
November	10.4	4.8	85	14	9:05

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Amiens, Paris is 14 days earlier and Rouen 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Lille	98 km	11 June – 1 August	1 day earlier
Rouen	100 km	16 June – 1 August	4 days later
Paris	116 km	29 May – 31 July	14 days earlier
Mons	132 km	10 June – 30 July	2 days earlier
Reims	144 km	31 May – 28 July	12 days earlier
Bruges	160 km	15 June – 10 August	3 days later

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Amiens

Buy plants ready to set out from 12 June to 1 August (from 22 May to 1 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 23 March to 2 June. Within 15 km of Amiens OpenStreetMap lists 11 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 7 markets and 6 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Hortipassion — garden centre
Rue Godard Dubuc 12, 80650 Vignacourt · 14 km
Agri Santerre — farm supply
Route de Guyencourt, 80250 Ailly-sur-Noye · Mon–Fri 08:30–12:00, 13:30–17:30 · 15 km · agrisanterre.com
Marché Bio — market
Impasse Marcel 4bis, 80136 Rivery · Fri 16:00–19:00 · 1 km · hortillondelune.fr
La Halle au Frais — market
Mon–Sun 08:30–20:30; Sat 08:30–12:30 · 1 km · halleaufrais.fr

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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