When to plant bell peppers in Saarbrücken: 3 June – 29 July

In Saarbrücken, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 14 March to 30 May; plant into a greenhouse from 13 May to 29 July; plant out into open ground from 3 June to 29 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Dehner (garden centre, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Saarbrücken: soil, season and weather

In Saarbrücken the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 14 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 3 June, 50 days later.

Last spring frost	14 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 June, 50 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	13 May – 29 July; May outside: 8.9 °C at night, 18.7 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	18 November, 168 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 August – 7 October
Days left for picking	98
Daylight	13:02 on 4 April, 16:00 on 3 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, August, has 12 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Saarbrücken: care after planting

Planted on 3 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

3 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
1 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 Saarbrücken 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 (8.9 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from 3.4 °C to 14.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.5	13.5	78	12	16:13
July	24.6	14.5	66	11	15:51
August	24.8	14.9	65	12	14:27
September	20.6	11.3	73	10	12:40
October	15.4	8	85	13	10:52
November	8.9	3.4	85	14	9:10

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Saarbrücken, Strasbourg is 2 days earlier and Esch-sur-Alzette 12 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Metz	60 km	4 June – 28 July	1 day later
Luxembourg	75 km	7 June – 29 July	4 days later
Esch-sur-Alzette	79 km	15 June – 29 July	12 days later
Nancy	86 km	3 June – 28 July	same day
Strasbourg	93 km	1 June – 31 July	2 days earlier
Ettelbruck	93 km	6 June – 26 July	3 days later

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Saarbrücken

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 June to 29 July (from 13 May to 29 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 14 March to 30 May. Within 15 km of Saarbrücken OpenStreetMap lists 15 garden centres, 2 plant nurseries, 10 markets and 13 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Dehner — garden centre
Mon–Sat 09:00–19:00; public holidays, Sun closed · 5 km
Ludwigsplatz — market
Sat 08:00–14:00 · 1 km · saarbruecken.de
Nachmittagsmarkt Max Ophüls Platz — market
Thu 14:00–20:00; Mon–Wed, Fri–Sun, public holidays closed · 1 km · saarbruecken.de
Wochenmarkt St. Arnual — market
Thu 08:00–14:00 · 3 km · saarbruecken.de

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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