When to plant eggplants in Arezzo: 9 June – 1 August

In Arezzo, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 20 March to 2 June; plant into a greenhouse from 19 May to 1 August; plant out into open ground from 9 June to 1 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Agrimacchine (farm supply, 3 km) and Azienda Agricola Tonioni (farm shop, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Arezzo: soil, season and weather

In Arezzo the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 6 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 9 June, 64 days later.

Last spring frost	6 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	9 June, 64 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	19 May – 1 August; May outside: 8.6 °C at night, 19 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	21 November, 165 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	18 August – 10 October
Days left for picking	95
Daylight	13:09 on 10 April, 15:20 on 9 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 5 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Arezzo: care after planting

Planted on 9 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

9 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
7 July — 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 Arezzo during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 28.9 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: October (18.1 °C) and November (12 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 4.1 °C to 16.3 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	25.5	13.6	53	8	15:24
July	28.9	16.3	38	5	15:07
August	28.6	16.1	59	7	14:00
September	22.9	12.2	89	9	12:33
October	18.1	8.4	96	10	11:05
November	12	4.1	117	13	9:43

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Eggplant in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant eggplant earlier than Arezzo; the closest date is in Perugia, 11 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Siena	47 km	26 May – 7 August	14 days earlier
Perugia	57 km	29 May – 5 August	11 days earlier
Florence	61 km	28 May – 7 August	12 days earlier
San Marino	70 km	16 May – 22 August	24 days earlier
Rimini	87 km	16 May – 22 August	24 days earlier
Ravenna	109 km	15 May – 22 August	25 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Arezzo

Buy plants ready to set out from 9 June to 1 August (from 19 May to 1 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 20 March to 2 June. Within 15 km of Arezzo OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop and 3 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Vivaio Romani Maurizio — garden centre
Mon–Sat 08:00–12:30, 15:00–19:00; Wed 08:00–12:30; Sun 09:00–12:30 · 12 km
Agrimacchine — farm supply
Via Sette Ponti 56, 52100 Arezzo · 3 km
Azienda Agricola Tonioni — farm shop
Strada di Foiano 57, 54045 Civitella in Val di Chiana · Mon–Sat 08:00–19:00 · 9 km
La Posta Reale — farm shop
Strada Provinciale 1 Sette Ponti Levante 122 · 14 km · fattoriabellosguardo.com

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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