When to plant eggplants in Comodoro Rivadavia: 1 November – 1 February

In Comodoro Rivadavia, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 12 August to 3 December; plant into a greenhouse from 11 October to 1 February; plant out into open ground from 1 November to 1 February. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Deposito Rural (farm shop, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Comodoro Rivadavia: soil, season and weather

In Comodoro Rivadavia the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 10 September, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 1 November, 52 days later.

Last spring frost	10 September
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	1 November, 52 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	11 October – 1 February; October outside: 8.2 °C at night, 18.9 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	23 May, 204 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	10 January – 11 April
Days left for picking	134
Daylight	11:03 on 2 September, 14:13 on 1 November
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 2 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Comodoro Rivadavia: care after planting

Planted on 1 November: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

1 November — feed: balanced (NPK)
29 November — 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 Comodoro Rivadavia during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, January, averages 26.4 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: April (17.4 °C) and May (12.7 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 5.5 °C to 14.3 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
November	22.2	10.8	11	2	14:51
December	24.7	13	22	4	15:42
January	26.4	14.3	15	2	15:20
February	25.4	13.9	16	3	13:58
March	21.9	11.6	49	4	12:28
April	17.4	8.6	38	6	10:49
May	12.7	5.5	24	5	9:27

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Comodoro Rivadavia, Trelew is 10 days earlier and Bariloche 63 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Trelew	338 km	22 October – 6 February	10 days earlier
Coyhaique	357 km	from 10 December	39 days later
Bariloche	607 km	from 3 January	63 days later
Río Gallegos	653 km	12 December – 15 December	41 days later
Puerto Montt	656 km	29 December – 14 February	58 days later
Osorno	745 km	29 December – 10 February	58 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Comodoro Rivadavia

Buy plants ready to set out from 1 November to 1 February (from 11 October to 1 February for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 12 August to 3 December. Within 15 km of Comodoro Rivadavia OpenStreetMap lists 2 plant nurseries, 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado Concentrador de la Costa — market
Sat 07:30–13:00; Sun–Fri 07:30–12:00, 15:30–19:30 · 4 km · delacosta.com.ar
Deposito Rural — farm shop
Avenida Hipólito Yrigoyen 2851, 9000 Comodoro Rivadavia · 08:30–12:30, 14:30–19:30 · 4 km
Jardín arido patagonico — plant nursery
4 km
Botánica Sur — plant nursery
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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