When to plant bell peppers in Bremen: 11 June – 30 July

In Bremen, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 22 March to 31 May; plant into a greenhouse from 21 May to 30 July; plant out into open ground from 11 June to 30 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Die Planzenwelt (garden centre, 7 km) and Zeidler (garden centre, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Bremen: soil, season and weather

In Bremen the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 7 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 11 June, 65 days later.

Last spring frost	7 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	11 June, 65 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	21 May – 30 July; May outside: 8.5 °C at night, 18.2 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	19 November, 161 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	20 August – 8 October
Days left for picking	91
Daylight	13:44 on 12 April, 16:51 on 11 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, September, has 10 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Bremen: care after planting

Planted on 11 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

11 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
9 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 Bremen 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 23.4 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: October (14.9 °C) and November (8.9 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from 3.9 °C to 14.1 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.3	12.6	80	12	16:55
July	22.8	13.9	78	14	16:28
August	23.4	14.1	58	11	14:49
September	19.9	11.5	54	10	12:45
October	14.9	8.6	76	14	10:41
November	8.9	3.9	60	14	8:42

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Bremen, Münster is 10 days earlier and Kiel 8 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Hamburg	95 km	6 June – 30 July	5 days earlier
Hanover	101 km	7 June – 1 August	4 days earlier
Bielefeld	119 km	5 June – 29 July	6 days earlier
Münster	148 km	1 June – 1 August	10 days earlier
Kiel	164 km	19 June – 31 July	8 days later
Dortmund	197 km	5 June – 27 July	6 days earlier

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Bremen

Buy plants ready to set out from 11 June to 30 July (from 21 May to 30 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 22 March to 31 May. Within 15 km of Bremen OpenStreetMap lists 37 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 28 markets and 21 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Baumschule Thölken — garden centre
Ziegelstraße 3, 27711 · 15 km · baumschule-thoelken.de
Die Planzenwelt — garden centre
Kalmsweg 6, 28239 Bremen · Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00 · 7 km
Zeidler — garden centre
Friedensstraße 77-83, 27777 Ganderkesee · Mon–Fri 09:00–17:00; Wed, Sat 09:00–13:00 · 12 km
Gärtnerei Seidler — garden centre
Louis-Seegelken-Straße 47 · Mon–Fri 15:00–18:00, Sat 09:00–13:00, Sun 10:00–12:00, Mon–Fri 09:00–13:00 · 13 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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