When to plant bell peppers in Charleroi: 10 June – 26 July

In Charleroi, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 21 March to 27 May; plant into a greenhouse from 20 May to 26 July; plant out into open ground from 10 June to 26 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Végétalia (garden centre, 7 km) and Feyers / J.-F. (garden centre, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Charleroi: soil, season and weather

In Charleroi the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 13 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 10 June, 58 days later.

Last spring frost	13 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	10 June, 58 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	20 May – 26 July; May outside: 8.2 °C at night, 18 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	15 November, 158 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	19 August – 4 October
Days left for picking	88
Daylight	13:31 on 11 April, 16:20 on 10 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, August, has 12 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Charleroi: care after planting

Planted on 10 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

10 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
8 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 Charleroi 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 23.3 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: November (9.7 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from 4.3 °C to 13.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	21.8	12.4	78	11	16:25
July	22.9	13.5	71	11	16:02
August	23.3	13.9	58	12	14:33
September	20	11.4	65	10	12:41
October	15.3	8.8	78	13	10:48
November	9.7	4.3	68	13	9:02

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Charleroi, Hasselt is 11 days earlier and Namur 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Namur	31 km	11 June – 26 July	1 day later
Mons	35 km	10 June – 30 July	same day
Brussels	49 km	8 June – 2 August	2 days earlier
Leuven	55 km	31 May – 2 August	10 days earlier
Liège	84 km	4 June – 30 July	6 days earlier
Hasselt	86 km	30 May – 29 July	11 days earlier

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Charleroi

Buy plants ready to set out from 10 June to 26 July (from 20 May to 26 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 21 March to 27 May. Within 15 km of Charleroi OpenStreetMap lists 15 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries, 7 markets and 7 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Tournesol — garden centre
Clos du Chêne au Bois 5, 7160 Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · 14 km
Serres Pussemier — garden centre
Chaussée de Nivelles 626D, 6230 Buzet · 15 km
Végétalia — garden centre
Rue de Marbaix 261, 6110 · 7 km
Feyers / J.-F. — garden centre
Rue de la Scavée 18, 6280 · 8 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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