When to plant eggplants in Bursa: 17 May – 16 August

In Bursa, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 25 February to 17 June; plant into a greenhouse from 26 April to 16 August; plant out into open ground from 17 May to 16 August.

Eggplant in Bursa: soil, season and weather

In Bursa the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 21 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 17 May, 57 days later.

Last spring frost	21 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	17 May, 57 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	26 April – 16 August; April outside: 7.5 °C at night, 18.6 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	6 December, 203 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	26 July – 25 October
Days left for picking	133
Daylight	12:02 on 18 March, 14:27 on 17 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 4 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Bursa: care after planting

Planted on 17 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

17 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
14 June — 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 Bursa during the eggplant season

Days average above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C in July (31.1 °C) and August (31.3 °C). Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: November (17 °C) and December (12.3 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 4.2 °C to 19.4 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22.9	11.7	77	11	14:23
June	27.8	16.5	55	8	15:01
July	31.1	18.9	30	4	14:46
August	31.3	19.4	20	4	13:48
September	27.3	16	37	6	12:30
October	21.4	11.2	65	8	11:12
November	17	7.4	79	9	9:59
December	12.3	4.2	120	13	9:20

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

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

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Istanbul	90 km	11 May – 5 September	6 days earlier
Eskişehir	133 km	10 May – 15 July	7 days earlier
Izmir	258 km	13 May – 17 August	4 days earlier
Ankara	325 km	11 May – 14 July	6 days earlier
Konya	394 km	28 April – 20 July	19 days earlier
Antalya	395 km	27 April – 8 September	20 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Bursa

Buy plants ready to set out from 17 May to 16 August (from 26 April to 16 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 February to 17 June. Within 15 km of Bursa OpenStreetMap lists 17 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Beşevler Kapalı Pazar Alanı — market
9 km
Yenibağlar Pazar Alanı — market
9 km
Gürsu Belediyesi Kapalı Pazaryeri ve Otopark — market
11 km
Yunuseli Pazar Yeri — market
Fri–Fri 08:00–21:00 · 7 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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