When to plant bell peppers in Annecy: 19 June – 25 July

In Annecy, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 30 March to 26 May; plant into a greenhouse from 29 May to 25 July; plant out into open ground from 19 June to 25 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Gamm Vert (garden centre, 14 km) and Fleur et jardin du Chéran (garden centre, 15 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Annecy: soil, season and weather

In Annecy the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 19 June, 65 days later.

Last spring frost	15 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	19 June, 65 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	29 May – 25 July; May outside: 7.9 °C at night, 16.6 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	14 November, 148 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	28 August – 3 October
Days left for picking	78
Daylight	13:46 on 20 April, 15:44 on 19 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, August, has 9 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Annecy: care after planting

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

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

19 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
17 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 Annecy 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 24.7 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: November (8.5 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from 1.7 °C to 14.8 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.2	13	113	14	15:43
July	24.5	14.8	99	11	15:24
August	24.7	14.8	80	9	14:11
September	19.5	11.1	92	11	12:36
October	15	7.1	117	11	11:00
November	8.5	1.7	128	14	9:30

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Annecy, Lyon is 23 days earlier and Aosta 12 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Geneva	32 km	8 June – 28 July	11 days earlier
Chambéry	41 km	3 June – 31 July	16 days earlier
Lausanne	78 km	19 June – 31 July	same day
Grenoble	86 km	28 June – 5 July	9 days later
Aosta	94 km	1 July – 2 July	12 days later
Lyon	101 km	27 May – 5 August	23 days earlier

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Annecy

Buy plants ready to set out from 19 June to 25 July (from 29 May to 25 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 30 March to 26 May. Within 15 km of Annecy OpenStreetMap lists 14 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 7 markets and 19 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Gamm Vert — garden centre
Mon–Sat 09:00–12:00, 14:00–18:30 · 14 km
Fleur et jardin du Chéran — garden centre
Rue des Pérouses 33 · 15 km
Gamm Vert — garden centre
Mon–Fri 09:00–12:00, 14:00–19:00; Sat 09:00–12:30, 14:00–19:00 · 15 km
Marché de Novel — market
Avenue de France · Thu 08:00–12:00 · 1 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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