When to plant eggplants in Bradford: 27 June – 29 July

In Bradford, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 7 April to 30 May; plant into a greenhouse from 6 June to 29 July; plant out into open ground from 27 June to 29 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Woodbank Nurseries (garden centre, 9 km) and High Trees Garden Centre (garden centre, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Bradford: soil, season and weather

In Bradford the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 27 June, 73 days later.

Last spring frost	15 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	27 June, 73 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	6 June – 29 July; June outside: 10.3 °C at night, 18.5 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	18 November, 144 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	5 September – 7 October
Days left for picking	74
Daylight	14:52 on 28 April, 17:04 on 27 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 12 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Bradford: care after planting

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

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

27 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
25 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 Bradford during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 19.9 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: June–November (9.1–19.9 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 4.1 °C to 12.3 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	18.5	10.3	77	13	17:04
July	19.9	12.3	79	15	16:36
August	19.4	12.2	67	12	14:54
September	17	10.1	82	13	12:46
October	13.2	7.6	96	15	10:38
November	9.1	4.1	79	14	8:37

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Bradford, Liverpool is 10 days earlier and Sheffield 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Leeds	13 km	25 June – 3 August	2 days earlier
Manchester	47 km	28 June – 25 July	1 day later
York	48 km	26 June – 25 July	1 day earlier
Sheffield	49 km	29 June – 2 August	2 days later
Stoke-on-Trent	89 km	20 June – 26 July	7 days earlier
Liverpool	92 km	17 June – 6 August	10 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Bradford

Buy plants ready to set out from 27 June to 29 July (from 6 June to 29 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 7 April to 30 May. Within 15 km of Bradford OpenStreetMap lists 25 garden centres, 3 plant nurseries, 14 markets and 13 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Woodbank Nurseries — garden centre
Harden Road, BD16 1BE Bingley · 9 km
High Trees Garden Centre — garden centre
Otley Old Road, LS18 5HX Leeds · 12 km
Morley Market — market
Queen Street, LS27 8DS Leeds · 11 km · morleymarket.co.uk
Darley Street Market — market
Darley Street, BD1 3HN Bradford · 1 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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