When to plant eggplants in Ancona: 10 May – 21 August

In Ancona, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 18 February to 22 June; plant into a greenhouse from 19 April to 21 August; plant out into open ground from 10 May to 21 August.

Eggplant in Ancona: soil, season and weather

In Ancona the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 10 May, 83 days later.

Last spring frost	16 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	10 May, 83 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	19 April – 21 August; April outside: 8.4 °C at night, 17.7 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	11 December, 215 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	19 July – 30 October
Days left for picking	145
Daylight	11:40 on 11 March, 14:30 on 10 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 6 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Ancona: care after planting

Planted on 10 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

10 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
7 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 Ancona during the eggplant season

Days average above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C in July (30.4 °C) and August (30.3 °C). Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: October (20.9 °C), November (15.6 °C) and December (12.1 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 4.5 °C to 20.4 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.8	12.9	86	12	14:42
June	27.9	18.2	44	6	15:25
July	30.4	20.3	40	6	15:08
August	30.3	20.4	44	6	14:01
September	25.4	16.2	76	9	12:33
October	20.9	12.3	61	8	11:05
November	15.6	8.1	86	11	9:42
December	12.1	4.5	68	9	8:58

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Ancona, Pescara is 2 days earlier and Arezzo 30 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Rimini	91 km	16 May – 22 August	6 days later
San Marino	93 km	16 May – 22 August	6 days later
Perugia	108 km	29 May – 5 August	19 days later
Arezzo	133 km	9 June – 1 August	30 days later
Ravenna	137 km	15 May – 22 August	5 days later
Pescara	140 km	8 May – 20 August	2 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Ancona

Buy plants ready to set out from 10 May to 21 August (from 19 April to 21 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 18 February to 22 June. Within 15 km of Ancona OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop and 5 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercato di via Maratta — market
Mon–Sat 07:00–13:00 · 1 km
Mercato di Piazza d'Armi — market
Piazza d'Armi, 60127 Ancona · 2 km
Mercato coperto Collemarino Sud — market
Via Augusto Tamburini, 60126 Ancona · 8 km
Mercato Coperto — market
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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