When to plant bell peppers in Plzeň: 18 June – 16 July

In Plzeň, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 29 March to 17 May; plant into a greenhouse from 28 May to 16 July; plant out into open ground from 18 June to 16 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include U Lidušky (farm shop, 0 km) and Farmářský obchod (farm shop, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Plzeň: soil, season and weather

In Plzeň the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 27 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 18 June, 52 days later.

Last spring frost	27 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	18 June, 52 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	28 May – 16 July; May outside: 7.8 °C at night, 17.8 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	5 November, 140 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	27 August – 24 September
Days left for picking	70
Daylight	13:58 on 19 April, 16:19 on 18 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, November, has 10 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Plzeň: care after planting

Planted on 18 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

18 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
16 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 Plzeň 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 24.1 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: October (14.1 °C) and November (7 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from 1 °C to 13.7 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.2	12.8	74	11	16:18
July	24.1	13.7	69	14	15:56
August	24.1	13.7	88	12	14:30
September	19.6	10.1	64	9	12:40
October	14.1	6	58	13	10:50
November	7	1	49	10	9:06

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Plzeň, Prague is 15 days earlier and Ústí nad Labem 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Prague	84 km	3 June – 19 July	15 days earlier
Ústí nad Labem	111 km	22 June – 23 July	4 days later
České Budějovice	117 km	18 June – 17 July	same day
Regensburg	124 km	14 June – 18 July	4 days earlier
Dresden	147 km	5 June – 29 July	13 days earlier
Liberec	165 km	22 June – 12 July	4 days later

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Plzeň

Buy plants ready to set out from 18 June to 16 July (from 28 May to 16 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 29 March to 17 May. Within 15 km of Plzeň OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries, 5 markets and 7 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

U Práce — market
Mon–Fri 07:30–15:00 · 1 km
Farmářský obchod — farm shop
Lobezská 57/63, 32600 Plzeň · Mon–Fri 08:00–17:30 · 2 km · farmarsky-obchod.cz
U Lidušky — farm shop
Masarykova, 312 00 Plzeň · Mon–Fri 07:30–18:00; Sat 08:00–12:00 · 3 km · obchodulidusky.cz
U Lidušky — farm shop
Mon–Fri 07:00–18:00; Sat 08:00–12:00 · 0 km · obchodulidusky.cz

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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