When to plant eggplants in Anchorage: 7 July – 5 August

In Anchorage, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 17 April to 6 June; plant into a greenhouse from 16 June to 5 August; plant out into open ground from 7 July to 5 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Green Connection (garden centre, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Anchorage: soil, season and weather

In Anchorage the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 30 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 7 July, 68 days later. 99 days separate planting out (7 July) from the first autumn frost (14 October); the card's 70 days to the first harvest leave 29 for picking, so a start 4 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	30 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	7 July, 68 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	16 June – 5 August; June outside: 10.4 °C at night, 17.3 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	14 October, 99 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	15 September – 14 October
Days left for picking	29
Daylight	16:48 on 8 May, 18:59 on 7 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 12 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Anchorage: care after planting

Planted on 7 July: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

7 July — feed: balanced (NPK)
4 August — 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 Anchorage during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 18.9 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: July–October (7.1–18.9 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 1.5 °C to 12.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	18.9	12.9	81	12	18:31
August	17.9	12	116	16	15:55
September	13.8	7.8	119	17	13:00
October	7.1	1.5	96	13	10:10

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Anchorage, Juneau is 34 days earlier and Whitehorse 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Fairbanks	417 km	19 June – 15 July	18 days earlier
Whitehorse	801 km	9 July – 20 July	2 days later
Juneau	923 km	3 June – 16 June	34 days earlier
Yellowknife	1,846 km	30 June – 26 July	7 days earlier
Vancouver	2,129 km	22 June – 28 July	15 days earlier
Victoria	2,189 km	13 June – 31 August	24 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Anchorage

Buy plants ready to set out from 7 July to 5 August (from 16 June to 5 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 17 April to 6 June. Within 15 km of Anchorage OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 9 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Far North Garden Supply — garden centre
7 km
AK Legend Garden Center — garden centre
8 km
Dimond Greenhouse — garden centre
9 km
Green Connection — garden centre
East 15th Avenue 804, 99501 · Sun 12:00–18:00; Mon–Fri 10:00–17:00; Sat 12:00–18:00 · 2 km · greenconnection.net

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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