When to plant eggplants in Allentown: 23 May – 14 July

In Allentown, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 3 March to 15 May; plant into a greenhouse from 2 May to 14 July; plant out into open ground from 23 May to 14 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Crooked Row Farm and Market (farm shop, 10 km) and Pointer Hollow Farm (farm shop, 13 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Allentown: soil, season and weather

In Allentown the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 23 May, 38 days later.

Last spring frost	15 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	23 May, 38 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	2 May – 14 July; May outside: 10.8 °C at night, 21.6 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	3 November, 164 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	1 August – 22 September
Days left for picking	94
Daylight	12:18 on 24 March, 14:40 on 23 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 9 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Allentown: care after planting

Planted on 23 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

23 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
20 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 Allentown during the eggplant season

Days average above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C in July (30.2 °C). Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: October (18.7 °C) and November (11.3 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 2.4 °C to 19.6 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.6	10.8	120	13	14:25
June	26.9	15.9	101	12	15:04
July	30.2	19.6	125	14	14:49
August	28.2	18.3	127	13	13:49
September	24.9	14.9	106	10	12:30
October	18.7	9.2	93	9	11:11
November	11.3	2.4	80	9	9:57

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Allentown, Atlantic City is 18 days earlier and Harrisburg 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Trenton	73 km	21 May – 23 July	2 days earlier
Philadelphia	77 km	14 May – 22 July	9 days earlier
Harrisburg	124 km	25 May – 22 July	2 days later
New York	125 km	21 May – 31 July	2 days earlier
Dover	160 km	11 May – 6 August	12 days earlier
Atlantic City	165 km	5 May – 2 August	18 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Allentown

Buy plants ready to set out from 23 May to 14 July (from 2 May to 14 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 3 March to 15 May. Within 15 km of Allentown OpenStreetMap lists 14 garden centres, 1 plant nursery, 6 markets and 7 farm shops (collected 29 October 2026).

Lazarus Farm Market — market
Rural Road 3605, 18052 Whitehall · 5 km
Downtown Allentown Market — market
North 7th Street 27, 18101 Allentown · 1 km
Crooked Row Farm and Market — farm shop
PA 309 3245, 18069 Orefield · 10 km · crookedrowfarmpa.com
Pointer Hollow Farm — farm shop
Salem Road 2164, 18036 · "No signs, no opening hours. They sell over the internet." · 13 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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