When to plant eggplants in Antalya: 27 April – 8 September

In Antalya, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 5 February to 10 July; plant into a greenhouse from 6 April to 8 September; plant out into open ground from 27 April to 8 September.

Eggplant in Antalya: soil, season and weather

In Antalya the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 2 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 27 April, 84 days later.

Last spring frost	2 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	27 April, 84 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	6 April – 8 September; April outside: 10.5 °C at night, 22.9 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	29 December, 246 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	6 July – 17 November
Days left for picking	176
Daylight	11:15 on 26 February, 13:33 on 27 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 2 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Antalya: care after planting

Planted on 27 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

27 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
25 May — 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 Antalya during the eggplant season

Days average above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C in June–September (32.5–37.3 °C). Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: December (16 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in April–June and September–December (6.8–20 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	22.9	10.5	69	8	13:07
May	27.3	14.7	84	8	14:08
June	32.5	19.5	32	6	14:41
July	37.3	23.8	8	2	14:28
August	36.1	23.6	11	3	13:36
September	33.2	20	25	3	12:27
October	27.5	15.1	68	6	11:18
November	21.3	10.5	137	10	10:13
December	16	6.8	213	14	9:39

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Antalya, Adana is 13 days earlier and Bursa 20 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Konya	192 km	28 April – 20 July	1 day later
Eskişehir	321 km	10 May – 15 July	13 days later
Izmir	357 km	13 May – 17 August	16 days later
Ankara	387 km	11 May – 14 July	14 days later
Bursa	395 km	17 May – 16 August	20 days later
Adana	411 km	14 April – 25 August	13 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Antalya

Buy plants ready to set out from 27 April to 8 September (from 6 April to 8 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 5 February to 10 July. Within 15 km of Antalya OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 41 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Semt Pazarı — market
Mon–Sat 00:00–24:00 · 5 km
Güneş Mahallesi Kapalı Pazarı — market
Sat 09:00–20:00 · 5 km
Saturday Market — market
Sat 09:00–19:00 · 5 km
Pagoda — garden centre
4 km · pagoda.com.tr

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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