When to plant eggplants in Bremen: 11 June – 30 July

In Bremen, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 22 March to 31 May; plant into a greenhouse from 21 May to 30 July; plant out into open ground from 11 June to 30 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Walter Schrage (garden centre, 2 km) and GS agri - Haus & Garten (farm supply, 13 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Bremen: soil, season and weather

In Bremen 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 11 June, 65 days later.

Last spring frost	7 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	11 June, 65 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	21 May – 30 July; May outside: 8.5 °C at night, 18.2 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	19 November, 161 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	20 August – 8 October
Days left for picking	91
Daylight	13:44 on 12 April, 16:51 on 11 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 10 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Bremen: care after planting

Planted on 11 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

11 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
9 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 Bremen during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 23.4 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: September (19.9 °C), October (14.9 °C) and November (8.9 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 3.9 °C to 14.1 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.3	12.6	80	12	16:55
July	22.8	13.9	78	14	16:28
August	23.4	14.1	58	11	14:49
September	19.9	11.5	54	10	12:45
October	14.9	8.6	76	14	10:41
November	8.9	3.9	60	14	8:42

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Bremen, Münster is 10 days earlier and Kiel 8 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Hamburg	95 km	6 June – 30 July	5 days earlier
Hanover	101 km	7 June – 1 August	4 days earlier
Bielefeld	119 km	5 June – 29 July	6 days earlier
Münster	148 km	1 June – 1 August	10 days earlier
Kiel	164 km	19 June – 31 July	8 days later
Dortmund	197 km	5 June – 27 July	6 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Bremen

Buy plants ready to set out from 11 June to 30 July (from 21 May to 30 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 22 March to 31 May. Within 15 km of Bremen OpenStreetMap lists 37 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 28 markets and 21 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Brons Baumschulen — garden centre
Alter Postweg 54 · 14 km · brons-baumschulen.de
Gartencenter Weingärtner — garden centre
Heidkamp 2 · Mar–Nov Mon–Fri 09:00–19:00; Mar–Nov Sat 09:00–18:00; Dec–Feb Mon–Sat 09:00–18:00 · 14 km
Walter Schrage — garden centre
Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 12:00–17:00; Sat 11:00–16:00; Wed, Sun, public holidays closed · 2 km · schrage-bremen.de
GS agri - Haus & Garten — farm supply
Ristedter Straße 32, 28844 Weyhe · Mon–Tue 08:00–17:00; Wed closed; Thu–Fri 08:00–17:00; Sat closed; Sun closed; public holidays closed · 13 km · gs-genossenschaft.de

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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