When to plant bell peppers in Bradford: 27 June – 29 July

In Bradford, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 7 April to 30 May; plant into a greenhouse from 6 June to 29 July; plant out into open ground from 27 June to 29 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Horsforth Garden Shop (garden centre, 9 km) and Chana Store (garden centre, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Bradford: soil, season and weather

In Bradford 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 27 June, 73 days later.

Last spring frost	15 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	27 June, 73 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	6 June – 29 July; June outside: 10.3 °C at night, 18.5 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	18 November, 144 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	5 September – 7 October
Days left for picking	74
Daylight	14:52 on 28 April, 17:04 on 27 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, August, has 12 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Bradford: care after planting

Planted on 27 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

27 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
25 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 Bradford 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 19.9 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: October (13.2 °C) and November (9.1 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from 4.1 °C to 12.3 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	18.5	10.3	77	13	17:04
July	19.9	12.3	79	15	16:36
August	19.4	12.2	67	12	14:54
September	17	10.1	82	13	12:46
October	13.2	7.6	96	15	10:38
November	9.1	4.1	79	14	8:37

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Bradford, Liverpool is 10 days earlier and Sheffield 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Leeds	13 km	25 June – 3 August	2 days earlier
Manchester	47 km	28 June – 25 July	1 day later
York	48 km	26 June – 25 July	1 day earlier
Sheffield	49 km	29 June – 2 August	2 days later
Stoke-on-Trent	89 km	20 June – 26 July	7 days earlier
Liverpool	92 km	17 June – 6 August	10 days earlier

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Bradford

Buy plants ready to set out from 27 June to 29 July (from 6 June to 29 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 7 April to 30 May. Within 15 km of Bradford OpenStreetMap lists 25 garden centres, 3 plant nurseries, 14 markets and 13 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Otley Garden Centre — garden centre
Pool Road, LS21 1DY Otley · 14 km · otleygardencentre.co.uk
Charles Kershaw Garden Centre & Shopping Village — garden centre
Halifax Road 221, HD6 2QD Brighouse · 9 km
Horsforth Garden Shop — garden centre
Featherbank Lane · Feb–Nov Fri 19:00–20:00; Mar–May Sat 10:30–11:30 · 9 km
Chana Store — garden centre
Henshaw Lane 76, LS19 7RZ Leeds · 9 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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