When to plant bell peppers in Colmar: 16 June – 28 July

In Colmar, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 27 March to 29 May; plant into a greenhouse from 26 May to 28 July; plant out into open ground from 16 June to 28 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Casier à légumes et produit locaux (farm shop, 2 km) and La Pommeraie (farm shop, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Colmar: soil, season and weather

In Colmar the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 16 June, 57 days later.

Last spring frost	20 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	16 June, 57 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	26 May – 28 July; May outside: 8 °C at night, 16.6 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	17 November, 154 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	25 August – 6 October
Days left for picking	84
Daylight	13:44 on 17 April, 16:02 on 16 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, September, has 12 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Colmar: care after planting

Planted on 16 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

16 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
14 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 Colmar 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 23.2 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: October (14.4 °C) and November (8 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from 2.3 °C to 14.1 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	21.8	12.9	102	15	16:02
July	23.1	13.9	77	13	15:41
August	23.2	14.1	81	13	14:21
September	18.9	10.7	69	12	12:38
October	14.4	7.2	82	12	10:54
November	8	2.3	92	14	9:17

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant bell pepper earlier than Colmar; the closest date is in Zurich, 5 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Mulhouse	37 km	1 June – 28 July	15 days earlier
Freiburg im Breisgau	38 km	4 June – 27 July	12 days earlier
Basel	60 km	5 June – 31 July	11 days earlier
Strasbourg	62 km	1 June – 31 July	15 days earlier
Nancy	110 km	3 June – 28 July	13 days earlier
Zurich	118 km	11 June – 27 July	5 days earlier

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Colmar

Buy plants ready to set out from 16 June to 28 July (from 26 May to 28 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 27 March to 29 May. Within 15 km of Colmar OpenStreetMap lists 10 garden centres, 6 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 1 market and 8 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Marché couvert — market
Rue des Écoles 13, 68000 · Tue, Wed, Thu 08:00–18:00; Fri 08:00–19:00; Sat 08:00–17:00; Sun 10:00–14:00 · 1 km · marche-couvert-colmar.fr
Le Cellier des Montagnes — farm shop
Rue de l'Europe 4, 68650 Lapoutroie · Wed–Mon 09:00–12:30, 14:30–19:00 · 15 km · lecellierdesmontagnes.fr
Casier à légumes et produit locaux — farm shop
Noehlen-Weg 80, 68000 Colmar · 24/7 · 2 km
La Pommeraie — farm shop
Mon–Sun 09:00–19:00 · 6 km · la-pommeraie.com

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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