When to plant bell peppers in El Paso: 23 March – 15 August

In El Paso, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 1 January to 16 June; plant into a greenhouse from 2 March to 15 August; plant out into open ground from 23 March to 15 August.

Bell Pepper in El Paso: soil, season and weather

In El Paso the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 28 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 23 March, 23 days later.

Last spring frost	28 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	23 March, 23 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	2 March – 15 August; March outside: 7.9 °C at night, 23.2 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	5 December, 257 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	1 June – 24 October
Days left for picking	187
Daylight	10:26 on 22 January, 12:12 on 23 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, April, has 1 rainy day

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

Bell Pepper in El Paso: care after planting

Planted on 23 March: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

23 March — feed: balanced (NPK)
20 April — 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 El Paso during the bell pepper season

Days average above the bell pepper card's 15–30 °C in May–September (32–36.5 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in March, April and October–December (3.3–13.5 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	23.2	7.9	11	2	11:57
April	27.8	11.9	3	1	12:56
May	32	16.4	3	1	13:46
June	36.5	21.8	24	3	14:13
July	36.3	23.2	28	5	14:02
August	35	22.4	45	6	13:20
September	32.2	19.1	25	5	12:23
October	27.2	13.5	27	4	11:26
November	20.8	7.3	11	3	10:33
December	16.1	3.3	16	3	10:05

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around El Paso, Chihuahua is 23 days earlier and Santa Fe (United States) 41 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ciudad Juárez	10 km	23 March – 15 August	same day
Las Cruces	67 km	5 April – 4 August	13 days later
Chihuahua	350 km	28 February – 18 August	23 days earlier
Albuquerque	369 km	18 April – 20 July	26 days later
Tucson	422 km	7 March – 28 August	16 days earlier
Santa Fe (United States)	440 km	3 May – 6 July	41 days later

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near El Paso

Buy plants ready to set out from 23 March to 15 August (from 2 March to 15 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 January to 16 June. Within 15 km of El Paso OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres and 8 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Bronco Swapmeet — market
15 km
Guillermo Prieto — market
15 km
Luis Donaldo Colosio — market
15 km
Green Market — market
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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