When to plant eggplants in Angers: 28 May – 7 August

In Angers, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 8 March to 8 June; plant into a greenhouse from 7 May to 7 August; plant out into open ground from 28 May to 7 August.

Eggplant in Angers: soil, season and weather

In Angers the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 28 May, 77 days later.

Last spring frost	12 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	28 May, 77 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	7 May – 7 August; May outside: 10.3 °C at night, 20 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	27 November, 183 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	6 August – 16 October
Days left for picking	113
Daylight	12:38 on 29 March, 15:34 on 28 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 7 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Angers: care after planting

Planted on 28 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

28 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
25 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 Angers during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 25.9 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: May (20 °C), October (18 °C) and November (12.4 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 5.9 °C to 15.5 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20	10.3	68	11	15:05
June	24.1	14.2	65	10	15:56
July	25.8	15.5	40	7	15:36
August	25.9	15.4	39	7	14:18
September	22.6	12.9	52	9	12:37
October	18	10	77	12	10:56
November	12.4	5.9	71	12	9:21

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Eggplant in nearby cities

2 of the nearest cities share Angers's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nantes	80 km	28 May – 9 August	same day
Le Mans	81 km	31 May – 4 August	3 days later
Tours	94 km	31 May – 7 August	3 days later
Rennes	110 km	1 June – 8 August	4 days later
Poitiers	120 km	30 May – 30 July	2 days later
La Rochelle	153 km	28 May – 22 August	same day

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Angers

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 May to 7 August (from 7 May to 7 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 8 March to 8 June. Within 15 km of Angers OpenStreetMap lists 12 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 22 markets and 14 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Marché des producteurs locaux — market
Rue Saint-Julien, 49100 Angers · Fri 16:00–19:00 · 0 km · angers.fr
Marché Centre-Ville (Place Leclerc) — market
Place du Maréchal Leclerc, 49000 Angers · Sat 08:00–13:30 · 0 km · angers.fr
Marché bio — market
Place Molière, 49000 Angers · Sat 08:00–13:30 · 1 km · angers.fr
Marché Lafayette — market
Place Lafayette, 49000 Angers · Wed, Sat 08:00–13:30 · 1 km · angers.fr

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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