When to plant bell peppers in Strasbourg: 1 June – 31 July

In Strasbourg, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 12 March to 1 June; plant into a greenhouse from 11 May to 31 July; plant out into open ground from 1 June to 31 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Alsace Espaces Verts (garden centre, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Strasbourg: soil, season and weather

In Strasbourg the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 6 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 1 June, 56 days later.

Last spring frost	6 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	1 June, 56 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	11 May – 31 July; May outside: 9.9 °C at night, 20 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	20 November, 172 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	10 August – 9 October
Days left for picking	102
Daylight	12:54 on 2 April, 15:50 on 1 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, September, has 10 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Strasbourg: care after planting

Planted on 1 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

1 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
29 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 Strasbourg 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 26.2 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: November (9.7 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in June and September–November (3.7–14.9 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	25.2	14.9	81	13	16:06
July	26.2	16	78	11	15:45
August	26.2	16	66	11	14:24
September	22.1	12.5	65	10	12:39
October	16.7	8.6	77	13	10:53
November	9.7	3.7	75	13	9:14

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Strasbourg, Karlsruhe is 2 days earlier and Colmar 15 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Colmar	62 km	16 June – 28 July	15 days later
Freiburg im Breisgau	65 km	4 June – 27 July	3 days later
Karlsruhe	68 km	30 May – 30 July	2 days earlier
Saarbrücken	93 km	3 June – 29 July	2 days later
Mulhouse	96 km	1 June – 28 July	same day
Stuttgart	108 km	5 June – 19 July	4 days later

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Strasbourg

Buy plants ready to set out from 1 June to 31 July (from 11 May to 31 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 12 March to 1 June. Within 15 km of Strasbourg OpenStreetMap lists 15 garden centres, 13 markets and 31 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Alsace Espaces Verts — garden centre
Tue–Fri 08:30–12:00, 14:00–19:00; Sat 08:30–12:00, 14:00–18:00 · 5 km
Halle du Marché Gare — market
Rue du Marché Gare 41, 67200 Strasbourg · Tue–Thu 09:00–19:00; Fri 08:00–21:00; Sat 08:00–19:00; Sun 09:00–14:00 · 3 km · halledumarchegare.fr
Les Halles du Scilt — market
Rue Principale 17, 67300 Schiltigheim · Wed–Fri 09:00–13:00, 16:30–19:00; Sat 09:00–18:00; Sun 09:00–13:00 · 4 km · hallesduscilt.com
Marché hebdomadaire de Schiltigheim — market
Thu 08:00–12:00 · 4 km · ville-schiltigheim.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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