When to plant bell peppers in Tours: 31 May – 7 August

In Tours, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 11 March to 8 June; plant into a greenhouse from 10 May to 7 August; plant out into open ground from 31 May to 7 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Auchan Jardinerie (garden centre, 5 km) and Jardi E. Leclerc (garden centre, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Tours: soil, season and weather

In Tours the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 18 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 31 May, 74 days later.

Last spring frost	18 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	31 May, 74 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	10 May – 7 August; May outside: 10 °C at night, 19.3 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	27 November, 180 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	9 August – 16 October
Days left for picking	110
Daylight	12:49 on 1 April, 15:39 on 31 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, July, has 6 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Tours: 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 Tours 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 25.7 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: November (11.6 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in May, June and September–November (5.4–14.2 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.3	10	76	12	15:05
June	23.8	14.2	57	11	15:56
July	25.6	15.5	39	6	15:36
August	25.7	15.5	41	8	14:18
September	22.2	12.7	56	9	12:37
October	17.5	9.7	83	13	10:56
November	11.6	5.4	75	13	9:21

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Tours, Angers is 3 days earlier and Limoges 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Le Mans	77 km	31 May – 4 August	same day
Angers	94 km	28 May – 7 August	3 days earlier
Poitiers	94 km	30 May – 30 July	1 day earlier
Orléans	107 km	2 June – 5 August	2 days later
Nantes	170 km	28 May – 9 August	3 days earlier
Limoges	179 km	6 June – 7 August	6 days later

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Tours

Buy plants ready to set out from 31 May to 7 August (from 10 May to 7 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 11 March to 8 June. Within 15 km of Tours OpenStreetMap lists 17 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 37 markets and 12 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Auchan Jardinerie — garden centre
Mon–Sat 09:00–20:00 · 5 km
Jardi E. Leclerc — garden centre
Mon–Fri 09:30–12:30, 14:00–19:00; Sat 09:00–19:00 · 5 km
Ô Serres Fleuries — plant nursery
Rue des Petites Brosses 1, 37390 Mettray · Tue–Sun 09:00–12:00, 14:00–19:00; Sun 10:00–12:30 · 6 km · oserresfleuries.com
Place Velpeau — market
Place Velpeau, 37000 Tours · Thu, Sun 08:00–12:30 · 1 km · tours.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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