When to plant bell peppers in Pescara: 8 May – 20 August

In Pescara, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 16 February to 21 June; plant into a greenhouse from 17 April to 20 August; plant out into open ground from 8 May to 20 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Agricola Pescara (garden centre, 6 km) and Valentino (garden centre, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Pescara: soil, season and weather

In Pescara the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 11 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 8 May, 86 days later.

Last spring frost	11 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	8 May, 86 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	17 April – 20 August; April outside: 9.5 °C at night, 17.8 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	10 December, 216 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	17 July – 29 October
Days left for picking	146
Daylight	11:35 on 9 March, 14:20 on 8 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, June, has 6 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Pescara: care after planting

Planted on 8 May: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

8 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
5 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 Pescara during the bell pepper season

Days average above the bell pepper card's 15–30 °C in July (30.1 °C). Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: December (13 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in May and October–December (5.7–14.2 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.8	14.2	63	11	14:35
June	27.4	19.3	39	6	15:17
July	30.1	21.7	41	4	15:00
August	29.8	21.5	40	6	13:56
September	25.6	17.8	57	8	12:32
October	21.3	13.5	56	8	11:07
November	16.6	9.7	111	12	9:48
December	13	5.7	59	10	9:05

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Pescara, Foggia is 15 days earlier and L'Aquila 45 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
L'Aquila	67 km	22 June – 23 July	45 days later
Ancona	140 km	10 May – 21 August	2 days later
Rome	153 km	20 May – 20 August	12 days later
Foggia	158 km	23 April – 30 August	15 days earlier
Perugia	164 km	29 May – 5 August	21 days later
Salerno	204 km	7 June – 21 August	30 days later

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Pescara

Buy plants ready to set out from 8 May to 20 August (from 17 April to 20 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 16 February to 21 June. Within 15 km of Pescara OpenStreetMap lists 17 garden centres, 14 farm-supply shops, 4 plant nurseries, 13 markets and 10 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Garden Ninfea — garden centre
Viale Filippo Masci 160, 66100 Chieti · 11 km
Agricola Pescara — garden centre
Corso Umberto Primo 387, 65015 Montesilvano · 6 km
Valentino — garden centre
Strada Statale 649 di Fondo Valle Alento 64, 66010 Torrevecchia Teatina · 8 km
Ortoplant — garden centre
Contrada Cerreto, Miglianico · 11 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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