When to plant eggplants in Albany: 30 May – 17 July

In Albany, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 10 March to 18 May; plant into a greenhouse from 9 May to 17 July; plant out into open ground from 30 May to 17 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Lansing's Farm (farm shop, 15 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Albany: soil, season and weather

In Albany the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 17 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 30 May, 43 days later.

Last spring frost	17 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	30 May, 43 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	9 May – 17 July; May outside: 9.7 °C at night, 21 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	6 November, 160 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	8 August – 25 September
Days left for picking	90
Daylight	12:39 on 31 March, 15:03 on 30 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 10 rainy days

The same dates in Albany hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Zucchini, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Eggplant in Albany: care after planting

Planted on 30 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

30 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
27 June — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of eggplant 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 Albany during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 29 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: October (17.2 °C) and November (9 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 1 °C to 18.5 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21	9.7	98	12	14:36
June	25.8	14.8	92	12	15:18
July	29	18.5	126	13	15:02
August	27.4	17.4	104	12	13:57
September	23.8	13.8	93	8	12:32
October	17.2	8.1	122	11	11:07
November	9	1	89	10	9:47

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Albany, New Haven is 4 days earlier and Concord 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Hartford	133 km	31 May – 19 July	1 day later
New Haven	164 km	26 May – 23 July	4 days earlier
Worcester (United States)	166 km	31 May – 19 July	1 day later
Concord	191 km	1 June – 11 July	2 days later
Manchester (United States)	191 km	30 May – 13 July	same day
Syracuse (United States)	199 km	31 May – 17 July	1 day later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Albany

Buy plants ready to set out from 30 May to 17 July (from 9 May to 17 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 10 March to 18 May. Within 15 km of Albany OpenStreetMap lists 11 garden centres, 7 markets and 3 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Troy Waterfront Farmers Market (Summer) — market
May–Oct Sat 09:00–14:00 · 11 km · troymarket.org
Troy Waterfront Farmers Market (Winter) — market
Nov–Apr Sat 09:00–14:00 · 11 km · troymarket.org
Cook Park Farmers Market — market
Shambrook Parkway 1, 12205 Colonie · 9 km
Lansing's Farm — farm shop
Lisha Kill Road 204, 12309 Schenectady · 15 km

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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