When to plant bell peppers in Turin: 16 May – 31 July

In Turin, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 24 February to 1 June; plant into a greenhouse from 25 April to 31 July; plant out into open ground from 16 May to 31 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Vivai Zazzera (plant nursery, 16 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Turin: soil, season and weather

In Turin the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 16 May, 61 days later.

Last spring frost	16 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	16 May, 61 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	25 April – 31 July; April outside: 7.2 °C at night, 18.2 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	20 November, 188 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	25 July – 9 October
Days left for picking	118
Daylight	11:58 on 17 March, 14:52 on 16 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, September, has 9 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Turin: care after planting

Planted on 16 May: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

16 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
13 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 Turin during the bell pepper season

Days average above the bell pepper card's 15–30 °C in July (30.2 °C). Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: November (11.6 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in May and September–November (3.4–14.4 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.5	11.4	130	15	14:50
June	27.5	17	81	12	15:36
July	30.2	19.2	72	10	15:18
August	29.9	18.9	77	10	14:07
September	24.4	14.4	66	9	12:35
October	18.7	9.8	84	9	11:01
November	11.6	3.4	97	9	9:34

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Turin, Milan is 4 days earlier and Aosta 46 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Aosta	80 km	1 July – 2 July	46 days later
Novara	84 km	23 May – 2 August	7 days later
Genoa	122 km	20 June – 6 August	35 days later
Milan	125 km	12 May – 10 August	4 days earlier
Sion	132 km	28 June – 29 June	43 days later
Como	136 km	29 May – 3 August	13 days later

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Turin

Buy plants ready to set out from 16 May to 31 July (from 25 April to 31 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 February to 1 June. Within 15 km of Turin OpenStreetMap lists 19 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 4 plant nurseries, 56 markets and 12 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Vivai Zazzera — plant nursery
Corso Vittorio Emanuele 76, 10020 Andezeno · 16 km
Mercato Barcellona — market
Piazza Barcellona · Mon–Fri 07:00–13:30; Sat 07:00–14:00 · 2 km · comune.torino.it
Mercato della Crocetta — market
Mon–Fri 07:00–14:00; Sat 07:00–19:00; Sun[2] 07:00–19:00 · 3 km · commercio.comune.torino.it
Mercato Vittoria — market
Piazza della Vittoria · Mon–Fri 07:00–14:00; Sat 07:00–19:00 · 3 km · commercio.comune.torino.it

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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