When to plant bell peppers in Kilkenny: 15 July – 31 July

In Kilkenny, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 25 April to 1 June; plant into a greenhouse from 24 June to 31 July; plant out into open ground from 15 July to 31 July.

Bell Pepper in Kilkenny: soil, season and weather

In Kilkenny the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 7 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 15 July, 99 days later. 128 days separate planting out (15 July) from the first autumn frost (20 November); the card's 70 days to the first harvest leave 58 for picking, so a start 8 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	7 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	15 July, 99 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	24 June – 31 July; June outside: 10.2 °C at night, 17.7 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	20 November, 128 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	23 September – 9 October
Days left for picking	58
Daylight	15:48 on 16 May, 16:24 on 15 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, July, has 15 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Kilkenny: care after planting

Planted on 15 July: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

15 July — feed: balanced (NPK)
12 August — 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 Kilkenny 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 18.9 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: October (13.1 °C) and November (9.5 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from 4.6 °C to 11.8 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	18.9	11.8	81	15	16:24
August	18.6	11.5	90	15	14:46
September	16.2	9.8	99	14	12:44
October	13.1	7.5	113	15	10:42
November	9.5	4.6	97	15	8:46

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Kilkenny, Waterford is 17 days earlier and Dublin 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Waterford	44 km	28 June – 31 July	17 days earlier
Limerick	93 km	6 July – 1 August	9 days earlier
Athlone	97 km	13 July – 6 August	2 days earlier
Dublin	102 km	16 July – 4 August	1 day later
Cork	118 km	15 July – 1 August	same day
Galway	139 km	13 July – 8 August	2 days earlier

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Kilkenny

Buy plants ready to set out from 15 July to 31 July (from 24 June to 31 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 April to 1 June. Within 15 km of Kilkenny OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 12 farm-supply shops and 5 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Gardener's World — garden centre
2 km
Easter Island — garden centre
2 km
FRS Farm Relief Services — farm supply
3 km · kcdfrs.com
Kverneland — farm supply
2 km · ie.kverneland.com

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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