When to plant eggplants in Bruges: 15 June – 10 August

In Bruges, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 26 March to 11 June; plant into a greenhouse from 25 May to 10 August; plant out into open ground from 15 June to 10 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include StubBerries (farm shop, 7 km) and Jerseyhoeve De Haan automatenshop (farm shop, 13 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Bruges: soil, season and weather

In Bruges the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 27 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 15 June, 80 days later.

Last spring frost	27 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	15 June, 80 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	25 May – 10 August; May outside: 9.3 °C at night, 16.7 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	30 November, 168 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	24 August – 19 October
Days left for picking	98
Daylight	13:53 on 16 April, 16:33 on 15 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 12 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Bruges: care after planting

Planted on 15 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

15 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
13 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 Bruges during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 22 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: June and September–November (10.6–20.3 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 5.7 °C to 14.8 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	20.3	12.9	63	11	16:33
July	21.5	14.5	61	12	16:09
August	22	14.8	67	12	14:38
September	19.8	12.7	72	13	12:42
October	15.8	10	82	13	10:46
November	10.6	5.7	90	15	8:56

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Eggplant in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant eggplant earlier than Bruges; the closest date is in Lille, 4 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ghent	39 km	31 May – 4 August	15 days earlier
Lille	65 km	11 June – 1 August	4 days earlier
Antwerp	82 km	31 May – 2 August	15 days earlier
Brussels	89 km	8 June – 2 August	7 days earlier
Mons	99 km	10 June – 30 July	5 days earlier
Leuven	110 km	31 May – 2 August	15 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Bruges

Buy plants ready to set out from 15 June to 10 August (from 25 May to 10 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 26 March to 11 June. Within 15 km of Bruges OpenStreetMap lists 12 garden centres, 7 plant nurseries, 1 market and 6 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Jerseyhoeve De Haan automatenshop — farm shop
Bredeweg 129, 8420 Klemskerke · 24/7 · 13 km
StubBerries — farm shop
Rolleweg 16, 8210 Loppem · 7 km
Vermeulen — farm shop
Apr–Sept Sat 10:00–12:00 · 14 km · biobedrijfvermeulen.be
Bomberna — garden centre
13 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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