When to plant bell peppers in Grand Forks: 5 June – 26 June

In Grand Forks, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 16 March to 27 April; plant into a greenhouse from 15 May to 26 June; plant out into open ground from 5 June to 26 June.

Bell Pepper in Grand Forks: soil, season and weather

In Grand Forks the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 10 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 5 June, 26 days later.

Last spring frost	10 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	5 June, 26 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	15 May – 26 June; May outside: 7.9 °C at night, 20.5 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	16 October, 133 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	14 August – 4 September
Days left for picking	63
Daylight	13:07 on 6 April, 15:51 on 5 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, September, has 8 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Grand Forks: care after planting

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

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

5 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
3 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 Grand Forks 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 27.9 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: October (12.8 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in June (14.8 °C), September (12.3 °C) and October (4.2 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	26.3	14.8	89	10	16:00
July	27.9	17.1	72	8	15:40
August	26.3	15.9	61	9	14:20
September	22.2	12.3	60	8	12:38
October	12.8	4.2	60	8	10:55

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Grand Forks, Pierre is 11 days earlier and Duluth 23 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Fargo	118 km	31 May – 26 June	5 days earlier
Winnipeg	220 km	1 June – 22 June	4 days earlier
Bismarck	303 km	31 May – 25 June	5 days earlier
Duluth	396 km	28 June – 8 July	23 days later
Minneapolis	439 km	28 May – 4 July	8 days earlier
Pierre	467 km	25 May – 4 July	11 days earlier

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Grand Forks

Buy plants ready to set out from 5 June to 26 June (from 15 May to 26 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 16 March to 27 April. Within 15 km of Grand Forks OpenStreetMap lists 2 markets (collected 29 October 2026).

Town Square Farmers Market — market
Jun 17–Sept 30 Sat 09:00–13:00 · 5 km · tsfarmersmarket.com
Daryeel Grocerys — market
5 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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