When to plant bell peppers in Dundee: 21 July – 23 July

In Dundee, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 1 May to 24 May; plant into a greenhouse from 30 June to 23 July; plant out into open ground from 21 July to 23 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Dobbies (garden centre, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Dundee: soil, season and weather

In Dundee the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 28 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 21 July, 84 days later. 114 days separate planting out (21 July) from the first autumn frost (12 November); the card's 70 days to the first harvest leave 44 for picking, so a start 6 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	28 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	21 July, 84 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	30 June – 23 July; June outside: 9.3 °C at night, 16.6 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	12 November, 114 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	29 September – 1 October
Days left for picking	44
Daylight	16:48 on 22 May, 16:51 on 21 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, September, has 13 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Dundee: care after planting

Planted on 21 July: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

21 July — feed: balanced (NPK)
18 August — 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 Dundee 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 18.3 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: October (12.1 °C) and November (8.2 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from 3.1 °C to 11.1 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	18.3	11.1	87	16	17:10
August	17.8	10.9	87	14	15:12
September	15.7	9.1	71	13	12:50
October	12.1	6.5	114	15	10:29
November	8.2	3.1	88	13	8:13

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Bell Pepper in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Dundee's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Perth (United Kingdom)	29 km	19 July – 22 July	2 days earlier
Edinburgh	59 km	6 July – 20 July	15 days earlier
Stirling	71 km	11 July – 20 July	10 days earlier
Aberdeen	91 km	19 July – 31 July	2 days earlier
Glasgow	104 km	21 July – 22 July	same day
Inverness	135 km	17 July – 24 July	4 days earlier

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Dundee

Buy plants ready to set out from 21 July to 23 July (from 30 June to 23 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 May to 24 May. Within 15 km of Dundee OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 2 markets and 3 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Skea Organics Ltd — farm supply
10 km
Grewar's Farm Shop — farm shop
7 km · grewar.com
Balhungie Berries — farm shop
11 km
Dobbies — garden centre
Ethiebeaton Park, DD5 4HB Dundee · 9 km · dobbies.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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