When to plant bell peppers in Jalal-Abad: 12 May – 18 July

In Jalal-Abad, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 20 February to 19 May; plant into a greenhouse from 21 April to 18 July; plant out into open ground from 12 May to 18 July.

Bell Pepper in Jalal-Abad: soil, season and weather

In Jalal-Abad the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 12 May, 57 days later.

Last spring frost	16 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	12 May, 57 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	21 April – 18 July; April outside: 7.9 °C at night, 19.5 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	7 November, 179 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 July – 26 September
Days left for picking	109
Daylight	11:48 on 13 March, 14:21 on 12 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, August, has 3 rainy days

The same dates in Jalal-Abad hold for Cucumber, Eggplant, Zucchini, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Bell Pepper in Jalal-Abad: care after planting

Planted on 12 May: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

12 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
9 June — 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 Jalal-Abad during the bell pepper season

Days average above the bell pepper card's 15–30 °C in July (32.2 °C) and August (30.7 °C). Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: November (11.1 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in May and September–November (0.8–13.2 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	24.2	12.1	127	13	14:27
June	28.6	15.9	51	8	15:06
July	32.2	18.8	25	5	14:51
August	30.7	17.4	14	3	13:50
September	26.3	13.2	33	5	12:31
October	17.8	6.9	81	10	11:10
November	11.1	0.8	65	8	9:55

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Jalal-Abad, Andijan is 25 days earlier and Bishkek 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Osh	48 km	6 May – 17 July	6 days earlier
Andijan	58 km	17 April – 19 July	25 days earlier
Namangan	112 km	19 April – 19 July	23 days earlier
Bishkek	253 km	15 May – 3 July	3 days later
Taraz	257 km	6 May – 30 June	6 days earlier
Tashkent	318 km	27 April – 16 July	15 days earlier

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Jalal-Abad

Buy plants ready to set out from 12 May to 18 July (from 21 April to 18 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 20 February to 19 May. Within 15 km of Jalal-Abad OpenStreetMap lists 2 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Мал Базар — market
5 km
Байэл базары — market
3 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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