When to plant bell peppers in Como: 29 May – 3 August

In Como, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 9 March to 4 June; plant into a greenhouse from 8 May to 3 August; plant out into open ground from 29 May to 3 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Green Future 4.0 (garden centre, 13 km) and Un Mondo di Fiori (garden centre, 14 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Como: soil, season and weather

In Como the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 29 May, 75 days later.

Last spring frost	15 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	29 May, 75 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	8 May – 3 August; May outside: 11.7 °C at night, 20.2 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	23 November, 178 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	7 August – 12 October
Days left for picking	108
Daylight	12:40 on 30 March, 15:23 on 29 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, November, has 12 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Como: care after planting

Planted on 29 May: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

29 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
26 June — 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 Como during the bell pepper season

No month of the season averages above the bell pepper card's 15–30 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 27.6 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: November (11.6 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in May and September–November (4.5–14.5 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20.2	11.7	217	18	14:55
June	25.6	16.7	179	14	15:42
July	27.6	18.6	184	15	15:23
August	27.2	18.7	180	13	14:10
September	22.4	14.5	173	13	12:36
October	17.7	10.4	199	12	11:00
November	11.6	4.5	155	12	9:30

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Como, Milan is 17 days earlier and Bellinzona 21 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Lugano	23 km	29 May – 15 August	same day
Milan	40 km	12 May – 10 August	17 days earlier
Bellinzona	43 km	19 June – 26 July	21 days later
Locarno	46 km	30 May – 2 June	1 day later
Bergamo	47 km	31 May – 29 July	2 days later
Novara	54 km	23 May – 2 August	6 days earlier

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Como

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 May to 3 August (from 8 May to 3 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 9 March to 4 June. Within 15 km of Como OpenStreetMap lists 22 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 9 plant nurseries, 2 markets and 13 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Green Future 4.0 — garden centre
Via Como 48, 22066 Mariano Comense · 13 km
Un Mondo di Fiori — garden centre
Via Monte Bianco, 22074 Lomazzo · 14 km
Azienda Agricola Floricoltura Stema — garden centre
Via Sant'Agostino 46, 22066 Mariano Comense · 15 km
Vivai Angelo Radice — garden centre
Via del Ciocchino, 22066 Mariano Comense · 15 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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