When to plant bell peppers in Eskişehir: 10 May – 15 July

In Eskişehir, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 18 February to 16 May; plant into a greenhouse from 19 April to 15 July; plant out into open ground from 10 May to 15 July.

Bell Pepper in Eskişehir: soil, season and weather

In Eskişehir the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 13 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 10 May, 27 days later.

Last spring frost	13 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	10 May, 27 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	19 April – 15 July; April outside: 4.5 °C at night, 18.1 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	4 November, 178 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	19 July – 23 September
Days left for picking	108
Daylight	11:43 on 11 March, 14:11 on 10 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Eskişehir: care after planting

Planted on 10 May: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

10 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
7 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 Eskişehir during the bell pepper season

Days average above the bell pepper card's 15–30 °C in July (30.3 °C) and August (30.8 °C). Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: November (13.9 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in May, June and September–November (2.4–12.9 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.9	8.6	60	11	14:21
June	26.3	12.9	37	9	14:58
July	30.3	15.2	12	3	14:44
August	30.8	15.9	12	3	13:46
September	26.3	12	12	4	12:30
October	19.9	7.3	21	4	11:12
November	13.9	2.4	34	6	10:01

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Eskişehir, Antalya is 13 days earlier and Bursa 7 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bursa	133 km	17 May – 16 August	7 days later
Istanbul	190 km	11 May – 5 September	1 day later
Ankara	201 km	11 May – 14 July	1 day later
Konya	272 km	28 April – 20 July	12 days earlier
Antalya	321 km	27 April – 8 September	13 days earlier
Izmir	329 km	13 May – 17 August	3 days later

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Eskişehir

Buy plants ready to set out from 10 May to 15 July (from 19 April to 15 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 18 February to 16 May. Within 15 km of Eskişehir OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop, 16 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Pazar Yeri — market
2 km
Avlulu Çarşı — market
3 km
Salı Pazarı — market
5 km
Metin Tekel — market
1 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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