When to plant bell peppers in Ipswich: 14 June – 9 August

In Ipswich, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 25 March to 10 June; plant into a greenhouse from 24 May to 9 August; plant out into open ground from 14 June to 9 August.

Bell Pepper in Ipswich: soil, season and weather

In Ipswich the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 14 June, 91 days later.

Last spring frost	15 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	14 June, 91 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	24 May – 9 August; May outside: 9 °C at night, 15.9 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	29 November, 168 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	23 August – 18 October
Days left for picking	98
Daylight	13:52 on 15 April, 16:42 on 14 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, September, has 10 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Ipswich: care after planting

Planted on 14 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

14 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
12 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 Ipswich during the bell pepper season

No month of the season averages above the bell pepper card's 15–30 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 21.6 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: November (10.9 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from 6 °C to 14.6 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	19.4	12.6	60	10	16:43
July	21.4	14.4	61	12	16:18
August	21.6	14.6	54	10	14:43
September	19.1	12.6	49	10	12:43
October	15.3	9.8	76	12	10:44
November	10.9	6	63	10	8:50

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Ipswich, London is 2 days earlier and Brighton 36 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Norwich	64 km	27 June – 8 August	13 days later
Cambridge	73 km	17 June – 4 August	3 days later
London	108 km	12 June – 3 August	2 days earlier
Brighton	164 km	20 July – 11 August	36 days later
Leicester	168 km	21 June – 30 July	7 days later
Oxford	170 km	23 June – 3 August	9 days later

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Ipswich

Buy plants ready to set out from 14 June to 9 August (from 24 May to 9 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 March to 10 June. Within 15 km of Ipswich OpenStreetMap lists 8 garden centres, 1 market and 3 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Bourne Garden Centre — garden centre
3 km
Fresh Farm Veg — farm shop · sells: eggs, vegetables
9 km
Hall Farm Shop — farm shop
16 km
Whitegate Farm Shop — farm shop
13 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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