When to plant bell peppers in Chattanooga: 27 April – 23 July

In Chattanooga, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 5 February to 24 May; plant into a greenhouse from 6 April to 23 July; plant out into open ground from 27 April to 23 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Hughes Farmers Market And Garden Center (garden centre, 11 km) and Holcomb Garden Center (garden centre, 14 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Chattanooga: soil, season and weather

In Chattanooga the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 27 April, 38 days later.

Last spring frost	20 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	27 April, 38 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	6 April – 23 July; April outside: 9.9 °C at night, 22 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	12 November, 199 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	6 July – 1 October
Days left for picking	129
Daylight	11:18 on 26 February, 13:28 on 27 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, November, has 7 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Chattanooga: care after planting

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

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

27 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
25 May — 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 Chattanooga during the bell pepper season

Days average above the bell pepper card's 15–30 °C in June (30.6 °C), July (32.5 °C) and August (31.6 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in April (9.9 °C), October (12.5 °C) and November (6.3 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	22	9.9	117	10	13:03
May	26.6	15.2	116	12	13:59
June	30.6	19.4	97	13	14:30
July	32.5	21.8	109	16	14:18
August	31.6	20.9	103	13	13:30
September	29.4	18.4	93	8	12:26
October	23.8	12.5	77	7	11:21
November	17.2	6.3	74	7	10:21

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Chattanooga, Birmingham (United States) is 18 days earlier and Huntsville 7 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Huntsville	127 km	4 May – 25 July	7 days later
Knoxville	156 km	4 May – 23 July	7 days later
Atlanta	167 km	13 April – 2 August	14 days earlier
Nashville	184 km	3 May – 25 July	6 days later
Athens (United States)	212 km	17 April – 2 August	10 days earlier
Birmingham (United States)	224 km	9 April – 6 August	18 days earlier

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Chattanooga

Buy plants ready to set out from 27 April to 23 July (from 6 April to 23 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 5 February to 24 May. Within 15 km of Chattanooga OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 1 plant nursery, 4 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 29 October 2026).

Main Street Market — market
6 km
Chi Farmers Market — farm shop
6 km
Hughes Farmers Market And Garden Center — garden centre
Hixson Pike 6402, 37343 Hixson · 11 km
Holcomb Garden Center — garden centre
Battlefield Parkway 2705, 30742 Fort Oglethorpe · 14 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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