When to plant bell peppers in Bruges: 15 June – 10 August

In Bruges, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 26 March to 11 June; plant into a greenhouse from 25 May to 10 August; plant out into open ground from 15 June to 10 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Jan De Busschere (plant nursery, 2 km) and Paridaen (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Bruges: soil, season and weather

In Bruges the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 27 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 15 June, 80 days later.

Last spring frost	27 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	15 June, 80 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	25 May – 10 August; May outside: 9.3 °C at night, 16.7 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	30 November, 168 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	24 August – 19 October
Days left for picking	98
Daylight	13:53 on 16 April, 16:33 on 15 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, July, has 12 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Bruges: care after planting

Planted on 15 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

15 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
13 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 Bruges 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 22 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: November (10.6 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from 5.7 °C to 14.8 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	20.3	12.9	63	11	16:33
July	21.5	14.5	61	12	16:09
August	22	14.8	67	12	14:38
September	19.8	12.7	72	13	12:42
October	15.8	10	82	13	10:46
November	10.6	5.7	90	15	8:56

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant bell pepper earlier than Bruges; the closest date is in Lille, 4 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ghent	39 km	31 May – 4 August	15 days earlier
Lille	65 km	11 June – 1 August	4 days earlier
Antwerp	82 km	31 May – 2 August	15 days earlier
Brussels	89 km	8 June – 2 August	7 days earlier
Mons	99 km	10 June – 30 July	5 days earlier
Leuven	110 km	31 May – 2 August	15 days earlier

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Bruges

Buy plants ready to set out from 15 June to 10 August (from 25 May to 10 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 26 March to 11 June. Within 15 km of Bruges OpenStreetMap lists 12 garden centres, 7 plant nurseries, 1 market and 6 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Paridaen — garden centre
Stationsstraat 237 · 7 km
Jan De Busschere — plant nursery
Weidestraat 106 · Jul–Sept Mon–Sat 09:00–12:00, Jul–Sept Sat 14:00–17:00 · 2 km · tuinplantendebusschere.be
Vismarkt — market
Vismarkt · 1 km
De Zaaier — farm shop
Korte Akkerstraat 2 · Wed 13:00–19:00; Fri 15:00–19:00; Sat 09:00–17:00 · 12 km · zaaier.be

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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