When to plant eggplants in Birmingham (United States): 9 April – 6 August

In Birmingham (United States), eggplant: sow for seedlings from 18 January to 7 June; plant into a greenhouse from 19 March to 6 August; plant out into open ground from 9 April to 6 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Leaf & Petal (garden centre, 5 km) and Walmart Garden Center (garden centre, 14 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Birmingham (United States): soil, season and weather

In Birmingham (United States) the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 10 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 9 April, 30 days later.

Last spring frost	10 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	9 April, 30 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	19 March – 6 August; March outside: 8.9 °C at night, 19.3 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	26 November, 231 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	18 June – 15 October
Days left for picking	161
Daylight	10:46 on 8 February, 12:48 on 9 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 8 rainy days

The same dates in Birmingham (United States) hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Zucchini, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Eggplant in Birmingham (United States): care after planting

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

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

9 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
7 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 Birmingham (United States) during the eggplant season

Days average above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C in June–September (29.8–32 °C). Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: November (18.3 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in April–June and September–November (8.1–20.5 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	22.7	11.6	125	10	13:00
May	27	16.6	108	12	13:53
June	30.4	20.5	121	14	14:22
July	32	22.6	116	17	14:10
August	31.5	22.1	119	15	13:25
September	29.8	19.8	87	8	12:25
October	24.6	14.2	89	7	11:23
November	18.3	8.1	77	8	10:27

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Birmingham (United States), Montgomery is 23 days earlier and Huntsville 25 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Huntsville	132 km	4 May – 25 July	25 days later
Montgomery	136 km	17 March – 9 August	23 days earlier
Chattanooga	224 km	27 April – 23 July	18 days later
Atlanta	225 km	13 April – 2 August	4 days later
Nashville	294 km	3 May – 25 July	24 days later
Macon	303 km	23 March – 11 August	17 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Birmingham (United States)

Buy plants ready to set out from 9 April to 6 August (from 19 March to 6 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 18 January to 7 June. Within 15 km of Birmingham (United States) OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres and 2 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Walmart Garden Center — garden centre
Odum Road 890, 35071 Gardendale · 24/7 · 14 km
Leaf & Petal — garden centre
Cahaba Rd 2817, 35223 Birmingham · Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun 13:00–17:00 · 5 km
Irondale Market — market
1st Avenue South 2231, 35210 Irondale · Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00 · 9 km · facebook.com
Farmers Market — market
4 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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