When to plant bell peppers in Caen: 15 June – 15 August

In Caen, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 26 March to 16 June; plant into a greenhouse from 25 May to 15 August; plant out into open ground from 15 June to 15 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Pépinière Genettais (plant nursery, 4 km) and Blanchard Agriculture (farm supply, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Caen: soil, season and weather

In Caen the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 15 June, 95 days later.

Last spring frost	12 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	15 June, 95 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	25 May – 15 August; May outside: 9.4 °C at night, 16.8 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	5 December, 173 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	24 August – 24 October
Days left for picking	103
Daylight	13:45 on 16 April, 16:12 on 15 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, July, has 10 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Caen: 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 Caen 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 22.5 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: November (12 °C) and December (9.7 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from 4.8 °C to 14.7 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	20.3	12.7	67	11	16:12
July	22.2	14.5	52	10	15:51
August	22.5	14.7	55	11	14:27
September	20.3	12.8	59	12	12:39
October	16.8	10.2	78	13	10:52
November	12	6.8	85	15	9:10
December	9.7	4.8	89	14	8:14

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Caen, Le Mans is 15 days earlier and Brighton 35 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Le Havre	48 km	11 June – 22 August	4 days earlier
Rouen	109 km	16 June – 1 August	1 day later
Le Mans	139 km	31 May – 4 August	15 days earlier
Rennes	154 km	1 June – 8 August	14 days earlier
Brighton	183 km	20 July – 11 August	35 days later
Portsmouth	188 km	16 June – 11 August	1 day later

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Caen

Buy plants ready to set out from 15 June to 15 August (from 25 May to 15 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 26 March to 16 June. Within 15 km of Caen OpenStreetMap lists 14 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 7 plant nurseries, 20 markets and 22 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Pépinière Genettais — plant nursery
Mon–Sat 08:30–12:00, 13:30–18:30 · 4 km · pepinieres-genettais.fr
Blanchard Agriculture — farm supply
Rue des Métiers 8, 14280 Authie · Mon–Thu 08:30–12:30, 14:00–17:30; Fri 08:30–12:30, 14:00–17:00 · 6 km · blanchardagriculture.com
Marché Saint-Pierre — market
Sun 08:00–14:00 · 1 km
Marché Bio Saint-Paul — market
Place Saint-Paul · Sat 07:30–13:00 · 2 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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