When to plant eggplants in Clermont-Ferrand: 27 June – 23 July

In Clermont-Ferrand, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 7 April to 24 May; plant into a greenhouse from 6 June to 23 July; plant out into open ground from 27 June to 23 July.

Eggplant in Clermont-Ferrand: soil, season and weather

In Clermont-Ferrand 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 – 23 July; June outside: 11.2 °C at night, 19.9 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	12 November, 138 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	5 September – 1 October
Days left for picking	68
Daylight	14:09 on 28 April, 15:42 on 27 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 10 rainy days

The same dates in Clermont-Ferrand hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Zucchini, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Eggplant in Clermont-Ferrand: 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 Clermont-Ferrand during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 22.5 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: June and September–November (8.3–19.9 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 2.1 °C to 12.8 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	19.9	11.2	129	15	15:42
July	22.1	12.6	58	10	15:23
August	22.5	12.8	60	10	14:10
September	18.4	9.5	70	11	12:36
October	14.4	6.6	74	11	11:00
November	8.3	2.1	81	14	9:30

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Clermont-Ferrand, Lyon is 31 days earlier and Grenoble 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Saint-Étienne	109 km	14 June – 28 July	13 days earlier
Lyon	137 km	27 May – 5 August	31 days earlier
Limoges	141 km	6 June – 7 August	21 days earlier
Valence	171 km	29 May – 1 August	29 days earlier
Grenoble	216 km	28 June – 5 July	1 day later
Chambéry	222 km	3 June – 31 July	24 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Clermont-Ferrand

Buy plants ready to set out from 27 June to 23 July (from 6 June to 23 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 7 April to 24 May. Within 15 km of Clermont-Ferrand OpenStreetMap lists 13 garden centres, 7 farm-supply shops, 13 markets and 8 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Halle Alimentaire — market
Sat 07:00–12:30 · 13 km
La Glacière — market
Tue, Sat 07:00–13:00 · 1 km
Marché de Trémonteix — market
Thu 17:00–20:00 · 2 km
Marché La Gauthière — market
Tue 07:00–13:00 · 4 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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