When to plant eggplants in Como: 29 May – 3 August

In Como, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 9 March to 4 June; plant into a greenhouse from 8 May to 3 August; plant out into open ground from 29 May to 3 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Vidal Olimpio (garden centre, 6 km) and Il boschetto (plant nursery, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Como: soil, season and weather

In Como the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 29 May, 75 days later.

Last spring frost	15 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	29 May, 75 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	8 May – 3 August; May outside: 11.7 °C at night, 20.2 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	23 November, 178 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	7 August – 12 October
Days left for picking	108
Daylight	12:40 on 30 March, 15:23 on 29 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 12 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Como: care after planting

Planted on 29 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

29 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
26 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 Como during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 27.6 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: May (20.2 °C), October (17.7 °C) and November (11.6 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 4.5 °C to 18.7 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20.2	11.7	217	18	14:55
June	25.6	16.7	179	14	15:42
July	27.6	18.6	184	15	15:23
August	27.2	18.7	180	13	14:10
September	22.4	14.5	173	13	12:36
October	17.7	10.4	199	12	11:00
November	11.6	4.5	155	12	9:30

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Como, Milan is 17 days earlier and Bellinzona 21 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Lugano	23 km	29 May – 15 August	same day
Milan	40 km	12 May – 10 August	17 days earlier
Bellinzona	43 km	19 June – 26 July	21 days later
Locarno	46 km	30 May – 2 June	1 day later
Bergamo	47 km	31 May – 29 July	2 days later
Novara	54 km	23 May – 2 August	6 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Como

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 May to 3 August (from 8 May to 3 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 9 March to 4 June. Within 15 km of Como OpenStreetMap lists 22 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 9 plant nurseries, 2 markets and 13 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Vidal Olimpio — garden centre
Via Lischée, 6834 Morbio Inferiore · 6 km
Il boschetto — plant nursery
Via Guglielmo Marconi 13, 22071 Cadorago · 9 km
Vivai Nord — plant nursery
Via Brianza 1, 22040 Lurago d'Erba · 13 km
Cappellini Giardinieri — plant nursery
SP32 108a, 22060 Carugo · 14 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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