When to plant eggplants in Fastiv: 31 May – 2 July

In Fastiv, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 11 March to 3 May; plant into a greenhouse from 10 May to 2 July; plant out into open ground from 31 May to 2 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Кульбаба (garden centre, 1 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Fastiv: soil, season and weather

In Fastiv 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 31 May, 44 days later.

Last spring frost	17 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	31 May, 44 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	10 May – 2 July; May outside: 9 °C at night, 19.7 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	22 October, 144 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	9 August – 10 September
Days left for picking	74
Daylight	12:53 on 1 April, 16:02 on 31 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 7 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Fastiv: care after planting

Planted on 31 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

31 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
28 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 Fastiv during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 26.2 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: May (19.7 °C), September (20.9 °C) and October (13.6 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 5.7 °C to 15.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.7	9	64	11	15:24
June	25.1	14.7	62	11	16:21
July	26.2	15.9	68	10	15:59
August	26.2	15.2	41	7	14:32
September	20.9	10.8	35	7	12:41
October	13.6	5.7	54	9	10:49

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Fastiv, Kyiv is 1 day earlier and Irpin 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bila Tserkva	34 km	3 June – 10 July	3 days later
Irpin	54 km	6 June – 2 July	6 days later
Kyiv	59 km	30 May – 20 July	1 day earlier
Brovary	78 km	31 May – 20 July	same day
Boryspil	79 km	31 May – 10 July	same day
Zhytomyr	92 km	1 June – 30 June	1 day later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Fastiv

Buy plants ready to set out from 31 May to 2 July (from 10 May to 2 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 11 March to 3 May. Within 15 km of Fastiv OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 5 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Кульбаба — garden centre
вулиця Тараса Шевченка, 08500 · 1 km
Вечірній ринок — market
вулиця Симона Петлюри, 08500 · 1 km
Хитрий ринок — market
1 km
Ринок Фаст — 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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