When to plant eggplants in Asheville: 24 May – 13 July

In Asheville, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 4 March to 14 May; plant into a greenhouse from 3 May to 13 July; plant out into open ground from 24 May to 13 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Rose's Garden Shop (garden centre, 1 km) and Sow True Seed (garden centre, 1 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Asheville: soil, season and weather

In Asheville the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 24 May, 42 days later.

Last spring frost	12 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	24 May, 42 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	3 May – 13 July; May outside: 11.6 °C at night, 22.6 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	2 November, 162 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	2 August – 21 September
Days left for picking	92
Daylight	12:18 on 25 March, 14:15 on 24 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 7 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Asheville: care after planting

Planted on 24 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

24 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
21 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 Asheville 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 (20 °C) and November (14 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 3.4 °C to 17.8 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22.6	11.6	99	13	14:02
June	26.7	15.4	70	12	14:33
July	28.9	17.8	74	16	14:21
August	27.2	17	95	14	13:32
September	25	14.4	102	10	12:26
October	20	8.9	79	7	11:20
November	14	3.4	56	7	10:18

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant eggplant earlier than Asheville; the closest date is in Knoxville, 20 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Greenville	83 km	23 April – 2 August	31 days earlier
Knoxville	130 km	4 May – 23 July	20 days earlier
Charlotte	160 km	13 April – 24 July	41 days earlier
Athens (United States)	199 km	17 April – 2 August	37 days earlier
Columbia	226 km	28 March – 9 August	57 days earlier
Chattanooga	252 km	27 April – 23 July	27 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Asheville

Buy plants ready to set out from 24 May to 13 July (from 3 May to 13 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 March to 14 May. Within 15 km of Asheville OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 29 October 2026).

Healthy Harvest Produce — farm shop
8 km
Rose's Garden Shop — garden centre
Charlotte Street 211, 28801 · Wed–Sat 12:00–17:00 · 1 km
Sow True Seed — garden centre
Haywood Street 243 · 1 km · sowtrueseed.com
Villagers — garden centre
Haywood Road 278, 28806 asheville · 3 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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