When to plant eggplants in Carlisle: 15 July – 26 July

In Carlisle, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 25 April to 27 May; plant into a greenhouse from 24 June to 26 July; plant out into open ground from 15 July to 26 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Aero Nurseries Garden & Aquatic Centre (garden centre, 6 km) and Jim Peet Agriculture (farm supply, 11 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Carlisle: soil, season and weather

In Carlisle the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 26 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 15 July, 80 days later. 123 days separate planting out (15 July) from the first autumn frost (15 November); the card's 70 days to the first harvest leave 53 for picking, so a start 7 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	26 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	15 July, 80 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	24 June – 26 July; June outside: 10.4 °C at night, 18.1 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	15 November, 123 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	23 September – 4 October
Days left for picking	53
Daylight	16:09 on 16 May, 16:49 on 15 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 15 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Carlisle: care after planting

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

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

15 July — feed: balanced (NPK)
12 August — 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 Carlisle during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 19.1 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: July–November (9.3–19.1 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 3.8 °C to 11.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	19.1	11.9	132	18	16:49
August	18.6	11.8	136	18	15:01
September	16.6	9.9	118	17	12:48
October	13.2	7.5	131	17	10:35
November	9.3	3.8	112	15	8:27

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Carlisle, Leeds is 20 days earlier and Glasgow 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Newcastle upon Tyne	86 km	26 June – 31 July	19 days earlier
Edinburgh	119 km	6 July – 20 July	9 days earlier
Glasgow	136 km	21 July – 22 July	6 days later
Bradford	145 km	27 June – 29 July	18 days earlier
Stirling	151 km	11 July – 20 July	4 days earlier
Leeds	151 km	25 June – 3 August	20 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Carlisle

Buy plants ready to set out from 15 July to 26 July (from 24 June to 26 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 April to 27 May. Within 15 km of Carlisle OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Aero Nurseries Garden & Aquatic Centre — garden centre
Harker Road Ends, CA6 4HQ Carlisle · 6 km
Whitesyke Garden Centre — garden centre
Brampton Road, CA6 5TR · 12 km
Tarn Road Nursery — garden centre
Mon–Sun 10:00–04:00 · 15 km
Jim Peet Agriculture — farm supply
Sandysike Industrial Estate, CA6 5SS Longtown · 11 km · jimpeet.co.uk

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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