When to plant bell peppers in Bern: 21 June – 14 July

In Bern, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 1 April to 15 May; plant into a greenhouse from 31 May to 14 July; plant out into open ground from 21 June to 14 July.

Bell Pepper in Bern: soil, season and weather

In Bern the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 24 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 21 June, 58 days later.

Last spring frost	24 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	21 June, 58 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	31 May – 14 July; May outside: 6.5 °C at night, 16.4 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	3 November, 135 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	30 August – 22 September
Days left for picking	65
Daylight	13:56 on 22 April, 15:54 on 21 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, September, has 12 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Bern: care after planting

Planted on 21 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

21 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
19 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 Bern during the bell pepper season

No month of the season averages above the bell pepper card's 15–30 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 23.7 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: October (13.9 °C) and November (6.9 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from -0.3 °C to 12.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.1	11.4	120	15	15:52
July	23.7	12.9	120	15	15:32
August	23.7	12.6	99	12	14:16
September	19	8.9	94	12	12:37
October	13.9	4.8	99	12	10:57
November	6.9	-0.3	101	13	9:24

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Bern, Basel is 16 days earlier and Lucerne 7 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Fribourg	28 km	21 June – 17 July	same day
Neuchâtel	40 km	6 June – 8 August	15 days earlier
Lucerne	66 km	28 June – 30 June	7 days later
Basel	69 km	5 June – 31 July	16 days earlier
Lausanne	79 km	19 June – 31 July	2 days earlier
Sion	80 km	28 June – 29 June	7 days later

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Bern

Buy plants ready to set out from 21 June to 14 July (from 31 May to 14 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 April to 15 May. Within 15 km of Bern OpenStreetMap lists 8 garden centres, 2 plant nurseries, 8 markets and 53 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Fleisch und Delikatessenmarkt — market
Tue 07:00–12:00; Sat 07:00–12:00 · 0 km · bernerwochenmarkt.ch
Handwerkermärit — market
Mar–Dec: Sat[1] 09:00–17:00; Dec: Sun[1], Sun[3] 10:00–17:00; Dec: Sat[3] 09:00–17:00 · 0 km · handwerkermaerit.ch
Blumen und Gemüsemarkt — market
Apr–Dec: Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00; Apr–Oct: Sat 08:00–16:00; Nov–Mar: Tue 08:00–18:00; Nov–Mar: Sat 08:00–16:00 · 1 km · bernerwochenmarkt.ch
Waisenhausplatz-Markt — market
Jan–Nov: Tue 09:00–18:00; Jan–Nov: Sat 09:00–17:00; Apr–Oct Thu 09:00–18:00 · 1 km · marktbern.ch

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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