When to plant bell peppers in Fribourg: 21 June – 17 July

In Fribourg, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 1 April to 18 May; plant into a greenhouse from 31 May to 17 July; plant out into open ground from 21 June to 17 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Bio26 (farm shop, 1 km) and La Ferme des Areneys (farm shop, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Fribourg: soil, season and weather

In Fribourg the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 26 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 21 June, 56 days later.

Last spring frost	26 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	21 June, 56 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	31 May – 17 July; May outside: 6.8 °C at night, 14.7 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	6 November, 138 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	30 August – 25 September
Days left for picking	68
Daylight	13:56 on 22 April, 15:52 on 21 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, October, has 13 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Fribourg: care after planting

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

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

21 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
19 July — 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 Fribourg 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 21.8 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: October (13.5 °C) and November (7.4 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from 0.9 °C to 13.1 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	20.2	11.7	190	19	15:50
July	21.8	13.1	179	18	15:31
August	21.8	13.1	142	15	14:15
September	17.4	9.7	132	14	12:37
October	13.5	6	120	13	10:58
November	7.4	0.9	121	15	9:25

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Fribourg, Basel is 16 days earlier and Sion 7 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Neuchâtel	27 km	6 June – 8 August	15 days earlier
Bern	28 km	21 June – 14 July	same day
Lausanne	50 km	19 June – 31 July	2 days earlier
Sion	65 km	28 June – 29 June	7 days later
Basel	91 km	5 June – 31 July	16 days earlier
Lucerne	92 km	28 June – 30 June	7 days later

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Fribourg

Buy plants ready to set out from 21 June to 17 July (from 31 May to 17 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 April to 18 May. Within 15 km of Fribourg OpenStreetMap lists 8 garden centres, 1 plant nursery, 4 markets and 26 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Seeland Bio Hofladen — farm shop
Hauptstrasse 90, 1794 Salvenach · Mon–Sun 08:00–19:00 · 13 km · seelandbio.ch
Bio26 — farm shop
Route du Jura 10, 1700 Fribourg · Mon–Fri 08:30–18:30; Sat 08:30–16:00 · 1 km · bio26.ch
La Ferme des Areneys — farm shop
Route du Petit-Ependes 16, 1731 · 24/7 · 5 km · la-ferme-des-areneys.ch
La Ferme de la Source — farm shop
Route du Rafoué 148, 1720 Chésopelloz · Wed 14:00–18:00; Sat 08:30–12:00 · 6 km · ferme-lasource.ch

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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