When to plant bell peppers in Orléans: 2 June – 5 August

In Orléans, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 13 March to 6 June; plant into a greenhouse from 12 May to 5 August; plant out into open ground from 2 June to 5 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Graineterie I.C. Montant (farm supply, 4 km) and Jardinerie Babee (garden centre, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Orléans: soil, season and weather

In Orléans the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 2 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 2 June, 61 days later.

Last spring frost	2 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	2 June, 61 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	12 May – 5 August; May outside: 9.7 °C at night, 19.2 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	25 November, 176 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	11 August – 14 October
Days left for picking	106
Daylight	12:56 on 3 April, 15:46 on 2 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, August, has 8 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Orléans: care after planting

Planted on 2 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

2 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
30 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 Orléans 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 25.4 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: November (11 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in June and September–November (5–14 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.7	14	78	11	16:00
July	25.4	15.4	53	8	15:40
August	25.4	15.2	52	8	14:20
September	21.9	12.4	62	10	12:38
October	17.2	9.4	74	12	10:55
November	11	5	68	13	9:18

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Orléans, Paris is 4 days earlier and Rouen 14 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Tours	107 km	31 May – 7 August	2 days earlier
Paris	112 km	29 May – 31 July	4 days earlier
Le Mans	127 km	31 May – 4 August	2 days earlier
Troyes	169 km	2 June – 29 July	same day
Rouen	181 km	16 June – 1 August	14 days later
Poitiers	188 km	30 May – 30 July	3 days earlier

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Orléans

Buy plants ready to set out from 2 June to 5 August (from 12 May to 5 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 March to 6 June. Within 15 km of Orléans OpenStreetMap lists 13 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries, 37 markets and 16 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Jardinerie Babee — garden centre
Rue Paulin Labarre 657, 45160 Olivet · 5 km
GAEC Horticole Dubois — garden centre
Rue des Plaisses 1266, 45160 Olivet · 6 km
Graineterie I.C. Montant — farm supply
Rue de la Barrière Saint-Marc 135 · Tue–Sun 09:00–12:00, 14:00–19:00 · 4 km · grainesoiseaux.fr
Sopa — farm supply
Allée du Bois Vert 190, 45640 Sandillon · 12 km · kultive.fr

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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