When to plant bell peppers in Reims: 31 May – 28 July

In Reims, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 11 March to 29 May; plant into a greenhouse from 10 May to 28 July; plant out into open ground from 31 May to 28 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include La Cueillette de la Pompelle (farm shop, 6 km) and Ravillon (farm supply, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Reims: soil, season and weather

In Reims the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 13 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 31 May, 48 days later.

Last spring frost	13 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	31 May, 48 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	10 May – 28 July; May outside: 8.9 °C at night, 18.9 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	17 November, 170 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	9 August – 6 October
Days left for picking	100
Daylight	12:52 on 1 April, 15:55 on 31 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, August, has 9 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Reims: care after planting

Planted on 31 May: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

31 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
28 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 Reims during the bell pepper season

No month of the season averages above the bell pepper card's 15–30 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 24.8 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: November (10.2 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from 4.5 °C to 14.6 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	18.9	8.9	75	12	15:18
June	23.2	13.2	67	12	16:13
July	24.5	14.5	64	10	15:51
August	24.8	14.6	53	9	14:27
September	21.3	11.8	60	10	12:40
October	16.3	8.9	75	13	10:51
November	10.2	4.5	64	12	9:10

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Reims, Paris is 2 days earlier and Esch-sur-Alzette 15 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Troyes	107 km	2 June – 29 July	2 days later
Paris	130 km	29 May – 31 July	2 days earlier
Charleroi	131 km	10 June – 26 July	10 days later
Mons	132 km	10 June – 30 July	10 days later
Amiens	144 km	12 June – 1 August	12 days later
Esch-sur-Alzette	144 km	15 June – 29 July	15 days later

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Reims

Buy plants ready to set out from 31 May to 28 July (from 10 May to 28 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 11 March to 29 May. Within 15 km of Reims OpenStreetMap lists 10 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 7 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Ravillon — farm supply
Mon 08:00–12:00, 14:00–18:00; Tue–Fri 08:00–12:00, 14:00–17:45 · 9 km · delta-force.com
Halles du Boulingrin — market
Rue de Mars 50, 51100 Reims · Wed 07:00–13:00; Fri 07:00–13:00, 16:00–20:00; Sat 06:00–14:00 · 0 km · marcheduboulingrin.fr
La Cueillette de la Pompelle — farm shop
Grande Rue 18, 51500 Saint-Léonard · 6 km · lacueillettedelapompelle.com
Cémonjardin — garden centre
6 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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