When to plant bell peppers in Fort Worth: 22 March – 10 August

In Fort Worth, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 31 December to 11 June; plant into a greenhouse from 1 March to 10 August; plant out into open ground from 22 March to 10 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Calloway's Nursery (garden centre, 6 km) and The Tree Place Nursery (garden centre, 10 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Fort Worth: soil, season and weather

In Fort Worth the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 19 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 22 March, 31 days later.

Last spring frost	19 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	22 March, 31 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	1 March – 10 August; March outside: 10.8 °C at night, 22.2 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	30 November, 253 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	31 May – 19 October
Days left for picking	183
Daylight	10:21 on 21 January, 12:11 on 22 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, July, has 7 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Fort Worth: care after planting

Planted on 22 March: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

22 March — feed: balanced (NPK)
19 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 Fort Worth during the bell pepper season

Days average above the bell pepper card's 15–30 °C in June–September (31.9–35.7 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in March (10.8 °C), April (13.9 °C) and November (9.9 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	22.2	10.8	98	9	11:56
April	25.1	13.9	133	10	12:58
May	28.9	18.6	174	13	13:50
June	33.1	23	106	11	14:18
July	35.7	25.4	48	7	14:07
August	35.2	25.3	85	9	13:23
September	31.9	21.8	85	8	12:24
October	27	15.8	128	7	11:24
November	20.3	9.9	70	6	10:30

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Fort Worth, Houston is 26 days earlier and Oklahoma City 24 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Dallas	49 km	27 March – 15 August	5 days later
Lawton	231 km	4 April – 22 July	13 days later
Austin	276 km	3 March – 23 August	19 days earlier
Oklahoma City	305 km	15 April – 21 July	24 days later
Shreveport	332 km	20 March – 19 August	2 days earlier
Houston	379 km	24 February – 7 August	26 days earlier

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Fort Worth

Buy plants ready to set out from 22 March to 10 August (from 1 March to 10 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 31 December to 11 June. Within 15 km of Fort Worth OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Walmart Garden Center — garden centre
4 km
Calloway's Nursery — garden centre
Mon–Sat 09:00–18:00; Sun 09:00–14:00 · 6 km · calloways.com
The Tree Place Nursery — garden centre
East Interstate 20 5625, 76119 Fort Worth · 10 km
Guardado Landscaping — garden centre
Alta Mere Drive 3228 · 11 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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