When to plant eggplants in Ensenada: 29 March – 24 August

In Ensenada, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 7 January to 25 June; plant into a greenhouse from 8 March to 24 August; plant out into open ground from 29 March to 24 August.

Eggplant in Ensenada: soil, season and weather

In Ensenada the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 29 March, 41 days later.

Last spring frost	16 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	29 March, 41 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	8 March – 24 August; March outside: 8.5 °C at night, 18.1 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	14 December, 260 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	7 June – 2 November
Days left for picking	190
Daylight	10:34 on 28 January, 12:24 on 29 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 0 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Ensenada: care after planting

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

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

29 March — feed: balanced (NPK)
26 April — 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 Ensenada during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 28.3 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: March–May and December (18.1–20.6 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 8.1 °C to 19.5 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	18.1	8.5	65	8	11:57
April	20.4	11	17	3	12:57
May	20.6	12.3	14	3	13:46
June	24.4	15.4	1	0	14:13
July	27.1	18.2	1	0	14:03
August	28.3	19.5	6	0	13:20
September	27.2	18.4	14	2	12:24
October	25.5	14.7	6	2	11:26
November	22.3	10.6	29	3	10:33
December	19.1	8.1	48	6	10:05

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Ensenada, Phoenix is 34 days earlier and Santa Barbara 46 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Riverside	243 km	2 April – 29 August	4 days later
Santa Barbara	405 km	14 May – 25 August	46 days later
Bakersfield	449 km	2 April – 24 August	4 days later
Phoenix	459 km	23 February – 8 September	34 days earlier
Las Vegas	497 km	1 April – 22 August	3 days later
Tucson	536 km	7 March – 28 August	22 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Ensenada

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 March to 24 August (from 8 March to 24 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 7 January to 25 June. Within 15 km of Ensenada OpenStreetMap lists 3 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Los Globos — market
Calle 9na · 0 km
Mayorista Ambar — market
2 km
Mercado Negro — market
3 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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