When to plant eggplants in Bellinzona: 19 June – 26 July

In Bellinzona, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 30 March to 27 May; plant into a greenhouse from 29 May to 26 July; plant out into open ground from 19 June to 26 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Orticoltura Regusci (farm shop, 4 km) and Agriturismo Alpe Rompiago (farm shop, 11 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Bellinzona: soil, season and weather

In Bellinzona the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 7 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 19 June, 73 days later.

Last spring frost	7 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	19 June, 73 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	29 May – 26 July; May outside: 9.2 °C at night, 18.5 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	15 November, 149 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	28 August – 4 October
Days left for picking	79
Daylight	13:47 on 20 April, 15:47 on 19 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 13 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Bellinzona: care after planting

Planted on 19 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

19 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
17 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 Bellinzona during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 26.2 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: September (20.9 °C), October (16.7 °C) and November (10.8 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 2.6 °C to 15.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.7	13.9	187	15	15:45
July	26.2	15.9	128	13	15:26
August	26.2	15.9	184	12	14:12
September	20.9	11.9	153	12	12:36
October	16.7	7.8	221	12	10:59
November	10.8	2.6	134	12	9:28

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Eggplant in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant eggplant earlier than Bellinzona; the closest date is in Bergamo, 19 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Locarno	17 km	30 May – 2 June	20 days earlier
Lugano	22 km	29 May – 15 August	21 days earlier
Como	43 km	29 May – 3 August	21 days earlier
Bergamo	74 km	31 May – 29 July	19 days earlier
Milan	82 km	12 May – 10 August	38 days earlier
Novara	88 km	23 May – 2 August	27 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Bellinzona

Buy plants ready to set out from 19 June to 26 July (from 29 May to 26 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 30 March to 27 May. Within 15 km of Bellinzona OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 plant nursery and 7 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Azienda agricola monti di Condra — farm shop
Mon–Sun 08:00–12:00, 13:00–18:00 · 13 km · luganoregion.com
Orticoltura Regusci — farm shop
I Casasc 5, 6528 Camorino · 4 km
Agriturismo Alpe Rompiago — farm shop
Alpe di Rompiago, Bidogno · 11 km
Orto mio — farm shop
Mon–Sun 00:00–00:00 · 14 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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