When to plant bell peppers in Halifax: 3 July – 20 July

In Halifax, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 13 April to 21 May; plant into a greenhouse from 12 June to 20 July; plant out into open ground from 3 July to 20 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Basin Farmer's Market (farm shop, 7 km) and D & Jo's Country Market (farm shop, 11 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Halifax: soil, season and weather

In Halifax the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 29 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 3 July, 65 days later. 129 days separate planting out (3 July) from the first autumn frost (9 November); the card's 70 days to the first harvest leave 59 for picking, so a start 8 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	29 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 July, 65 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	12 June – 20 July; June outside: 11.6 °C at night, 20.2 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	9 November, 129 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	11 September – 28 September
Days left for picking	59
Daylight	14:21 on 4 May, 15:30 on 3 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, August, has 11 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Halifax: care after planting

Planted on 3 July: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

3 July — feed: balanced (NPK)
31 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 Halifax 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 24.2 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: November (8.7 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in September (13.3 °C), October (8.2 °C) and November (2 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	24.2	16.2	103	12	15:15
August	24.1	16.4	98	11	14:05
September	20.6	13.3	103	9	12:34
October	15.3	8.2	137	10	11:02
November	8.7	2	142	12	9:37

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant bell pepper earlier than Halifax; the closest date is in Fredericton, 5 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Charlottetown	179 km	27 June – 13 July	6 days earlier
Moncton	186 km	26 June – 15 July	7 days earlier
Fredericton	282 km	28 June – 8 July	5 days earlier
Bangor	410 km	25 June – 14 July	8 days earlier
Augusta	493 km	22 June – 14 July	11 days earlier
Portland, Maine	544 km	20 June – 15 July	13 days earlier

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Halifax

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 July to 20 July (from 12 June to 20 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 April to 21 May. Within 15 km of Halifax OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 7 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

D & Jo's Country Market — farm shop
St Margarets Bay Road 1823, B3T 1B8 Timberlea · Mon–Sat 09:00–20:00; Sun 10:00–19:00 · 11 km
Basin Farmer's Market — farm shop
Bedford Highway 397, B3M 2L3 Halifax · 7 km
Salt Yard — market
1 km
Foundation Wharf — 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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