When to plant bell peppers in Bariloche

In Bariloche, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 14 October; plant into a greenhouse from 13 December; plant out into open ground from 3 January. The frost-free season here is shorter than the 70 days the crop needs from planting to harvest (by its card): grow it in a greenhouse or choose an early variety.

Bell Pepper in Bariloche: soil, season and weather

In the median year the top 7 cm of soil in Bariloche does not reach 18 °C, the minimum on the bell pepper card, before August; the date follows the last frost (27 December), and the bed stays cooler than the card asks. Only 8 days lie between planting out (3 January) and the first autumn frost (11 January), against the card's 70 days to the first harvest: even an unheated greenhouse, three weeks earlier, falls 41 days short without heat or a faster variety.

Last spring frost	27 December
Into an unheated greenhouse	from 13 December; December outside: 3 °C at night, 15.1 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	11 January, 8 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
Days left for picking	-62
Daylight	14:00 on 4 November, 15:03 on 3 January
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, January, has 5 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Bariloche: care after planting

Planted on 3 January: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

3 January — feed: balanced (NPK)
31 January — 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 Bariloche during the bell pepper season

No month of the season averages above the bell pepper card's 15–30 °C by day; the warmest, January, averages 17.8 °C. Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from 4.7 °C to 4.7 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
January	17.8	4.7	35	5	14:48

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant bell pepper earlier than Bariloche; the closest date is in Puerto Montt, 5 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Puerto Montt	141 km	29 December – 14 February	5 days earlier
Osorno	166 km	29 December – 10 February	5 days earlier
Valdivia	222 km	11 December – 22 February	23 days earlier
Temuco	290 km	9 December – 31 January	25 days earlier
Neuquén	369 km	17 October – 17 February	78 days earlier
Los Ángeles	419 km	23 November – 9 February	41 days earlier

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Bariloche

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 January (from 13 December for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 14 October. Within 15 km of Bariloche OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 5 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado Comunitario Bariloche — market
4 km
Mercado del Lago — market
5 km
La Orquita — market
6 km
Agropecuaria Manos Criollas — farm shop
4 km

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