When to plant bell peppers in Victoria: 13 June – 31 August

In Victoria, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 24 March to 2 July; plant into a greenhouse from 23 May to 31 August; plant out into open ground from 13 June to 31 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Mason Street Farm & Victoria Edible Nursery (farm shop, 1 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Victoria: soil, season and weather

In Victoria the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 1 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 13 June, 104 days later.

Last spring frost	1 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	13 June, 104 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	23 May – 31 August; May outside: 9.8 °C at night, 18 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	21 December, 191 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	22 August – 9 November
Days left for picking	121
Daylight	13:36 on 14 April, 16:04 on 13 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, July, has 2 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Victoria: care after planting

Planted on 13 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

13 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
11 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 Victoria 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 24.6 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: October (14 °C), November (9.8 °C) and December (7.2 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in June, July and September–December (3.4–14.6 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	20.8	12.1	32	6	16:05
July	24.4	14.6	11	2	15:44
August	24.6	15.3	22	4	14:23
September	20.1	12.9	58	8	12:39
October	14	8.7	126	14	10:54
November	9.8	5.8	174	18	9:15
December	7.2	3.4	177	19	8:21

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Victoria, Kelowna is 11 days earlier and Olympia 13 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Vancouver	96 km	22 June – 28 July	9 days later
Seattle	120 km	21 June – 4 August	8 days later
Olympia	159 km	26 June – 26 July	13 days later
Kelowna	325 km	2 June – 11 July	11 days earlier
Portland	328 km	17 June – 2 August	4 days later
Salem	389 km	6 June – 28 July	7 days earlier

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Victoria

Buy plants ready to set out from 13 June to 31 August (from 23 May to 31 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 March to 2 July. Within 15 km of Victoria OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 7 markets and 6 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Oaklands Sunset Market — market
Jul 09–Aug 27 Wed 16:30–20:00 · 3 km · sunsetmarket.org
Gorge Farmers Market — market
Jun–Aug Mon 16:30–19:30; Sept Mon 16:30–19:00; Oct–May Off · 3 km · esquimaltmarket.com
Esquimalt Farmers Market — market
Apr–Aug Thu 16:30–19:30; Sept Thu 16:30–19:00; Oct–Mar Off · 3 km · esquimaltmarket.com
Mason Street Farm & Victoria Edible Nursery — farm shop
Balmoral Road 1015, V8T 1A3 · Mon–Sun 10:00–17:00 · 1 km · victoriaediblenursery.com

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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