When to plant bell peppers in Angers: 28 May – 7 August

In Angers, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 8 March to 8 June; plant into a greenhouse from 7 May to 7 August; plant out into open ground from 28 May to 7 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Hortiloire (farm supply, 4 km) and Espace Émeraude (garden centre, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Angers: soil, season and weather

In Angers the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 28 May, 77 days later.

Last spring frost	12 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	28 May, 77 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	7 May – 7 August; May outside: 10.3 °C at night, 20 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	27 November, 183 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	6 August – 16 October
Days left for picking	113
Daylight	12:38 on 29 March, 15:34 on 28 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, August, has 7 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Angers: care after planting

Planted on 28 May: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

28 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
25 June — 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 Angers 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 25.9 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: November (12.4 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in May, June and September–November (5.9–14.2 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20	10.3	68	11	15:05
June	24.1	14.2	65	10	15:56
July	25.8	15.5	40	7	15:36
August	25.9	15.4	39	7	14:18
September	22.6	12.9	52	9	12:37
October	18	10	77	12	10:56
November	12.4	5.9	71	12	9:21

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

2 of the nearest cities share Angers's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nantes	80 km	28 May – 9 August	same day
Le Mans	81 km	31 May – 4 August	3 days later
Tours	94 km	31 May – 7 August	3 days later
Rennes	110 km	1 June – 8 August	4 days later
Poitiers	120 km	30 May – 30 July	2 days later
La Rochelle	153 km	28 May – 22 August	same day

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Angers

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 May to 7 August (from 7 May to 7 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 8 March to 8 June. Within 15 km of Angers OpenStreetMap lists 12 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 22 markets and 14 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Espace Émeraude — garden centre
Mon–Sat 08:30–12:30, 14:00–19:00; Sun closed · 5 km
Hydrozone — garden centre
Rue des Frères Mongolfier · 7 km
Hortiloire — farm supply
Rue des Magnolias 9, 49130 Les Ponts-de-Cé · Sept–Jun Mon 08:30–12:30, 14:00–18:00; Sept–Jun Tue–Thu 08:00–12:30, 14:00–18:00; Sept–Jun Fri 08:00–12:30, 14:00–17:00; Jul–Aug Mon 08:30–12:30, 14:00–17:00; Jul–Aug Tue–Fri 08:00–12:30, 14:00–17:00 · 4 km · hortiloire.fr
Marché Doutre Saint-Jacques Nazareth (Bordillon) — market
Place Grégoire Bordillon, 49100 Angers · Sat 08:00–13:30 · 1 km · angers.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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