When to plant eggplants in Ferrara: 13 May – 8 August

In Ferrara, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 21 February to 9 June; plant into a greenhouse from 22 April to 8 August; plant out into open ground from 13 May to 8 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Azienda Agricola "Le Delizie Pronte a Tavola" (farm shop, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Ferrara: soil, season and weather

In Ferrara the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 21 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 13 May, 53 days later.

Last spring frost	21 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	13 May, 53 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	22 April – 8 August; April outside: 8 °C at night, 19.4 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	28 November, 199 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	22 July – 17 October
Days left for picking	129
Daylight	11:48 on 14 March, 14:44 on 13 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 8 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Ferrara: care after planting

Planted on 13 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

13 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
10 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 Ferrara during the eggplant season

Days average above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C in June (29.6 °C), July (32.1 °C) and August (31.6 °C). Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: October (20.8 °C) and November (13.7 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 5.9 °C to 20.4 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	23	12.8	119	14	14:49
June	29.6	18.2	57	8	15:34
July	32.1	20.4	59	8	15:16
August	31.6	20	58	8	14:06
September	26.2	15.8	82	8	12:35
October	20.8	11.4	63	9	11:02
November	13.7	5.9	85	11	9:36

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant eggplant later than Ferrara; the closest date is in Modena, 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bologna	45 km	16 May – 9 August	3 days later
Modena	58 km	14 May – 10 August	1 day later
Ravenna	66 km	15 May – 22 August	2 days later
Padua	67 km	15 May – 8 August	2 days later
Mantua	74 km	14 May – 8 August	1 day later
Vicenza	79 km	24 May – 4 August	11 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Ferrara

Buy plants ready to set out from 13 May to 8 August (from 22 April to 8 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 21 February to 9 June. Within 15 km of Ferrara OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 1 market and 3 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Zucchini Garden — garden centre
4 km
Zucchini Garden — garden centre
5 km
Mercato dell'Acquedotto — market
Piazza XXIV Maggio, 44121 Ferrara · Thu 07:00–13:00 · 1 km
Azienda Agricola "Le Delizie Pronte a Tavola" — farm shop
Via della Canapa 72, 44122 Ferrara · 2 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.

Questions