When to plant eggplants in Cluj-Napoca: 6 June – 20 July

In Cluj-Napoca, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 17 March to 21 May; plant into a greenhouse from 16 May to 20 July; plant out into open ground from 6 June to 20 July.

Eggplant in Cluj-Napoca: soil, season and weather

In Cluj-Napoca the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 17 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 6 June, 50 days later.

Last spring frost	17 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	6 June, 50 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	16 May – 20 July; May outside: 9 °C at night, 19.5 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	9 November, 156 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	15 August – 28 September
Days left for picking	86
Daylight	13:08 on 7 April, 15:42 on 6 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, October, has 8 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Cluj-Napoca: care after planting

Planted on 6 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

6 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
4 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 Cluj-Napoca during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 26.8 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: October (15.8 °C) and November (9.5 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 2 °C to 15.3 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24.6	14	103	14	15:50
July	26.1	15.2	83	12	15:31
August	26.8	15.3	57	8	14:15
September	21.7	11.4	64	8	12:37
October	15.8	6.2	48	8	10:58
November	9.5	2	55	10	9:25

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Cluj-Napoca, Uzhhorod is 10 days earlier and Drohobych 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Mukachevo	197 km	11 June – 3 July	5 days later
Uzhhorod	227 km	27 May – 11 July	10 days earlier
Chernivtsi	245 km	2 June – 1 July	4 days earlier
Ivano-Frankivsk	253 km	5 June – 30 June	1 day earlier
Kalush	257 km	11 June – 30 June	5 days later
Drohobych	287 km	12 June – 1 July	6 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Cluj-Napoca

Buy plants ready to set out from 6 June to 20 July (from 16 May to 20 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 17 March to 21 May. Within 15 km of Cluj-Napoca OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 13 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Laptaria Comlact — farm supply
10 km
Piața Agroalimentară Hermes — market
3 km
Piața Oser — market
4 km
Piața volantă Stadion — market
1 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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