When to plant eggplants in Foggia: 23 April – 30 August

In Foggia, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 1 February to 1 July; plant into a greenhouse from 2 April to 30 August; plant out into open ground from 23 April to 30 August.

Eggplant in Foggia: soil, season and weather

In Foggia the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 23 April, 67 days later.

Last spring frost	15 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	23 April, 67 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	2 April – 30 August; April outside: 9.5 °C at night, 21.2 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	20 December, 241 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	2 July – 8 November
Days left for picking	171
Daylight	10:55 on 22 February, 13:39 on 23 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Foggia: care after planting

Planted on 23 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

23 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
21 May — 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 Foggia during the eggplant season

Days average above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C in June (32.3 °C), July (35.2 °C) and August (34.3 °C). Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: November (18.3 °C) and December (14.4 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in April–June and September–December (5.6–19.7 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	21.2	9.5	41	8	13:18
May	25.5	14.1	62	10	14:30
June	32.3	19.7	30	6	15:10
July	35.2	22.2	17	3	14:54
August	34.3	22	25	5	13:52
September	28.8	18	47	6	12:31
October	23.8	13.7	51	7	11:09
November	18.3	9.6	92	12	9:53
December	14.4	5.6	43	7	9:12

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant eggplant later than Foggia; the closest date is in Taranto, 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Potenza	94 km	14 June – 5 August	52 days later
Salerno	108 km	7 June – 21 August	45 days later
Bari	117 km	from 4 May	11 days later
Pescara	158 km	8 May – 20 August	15 days later
Taranto	181 km	from 25 April	2 days later
L'Aquila	204 km	22 June – 23 July	60 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Foggia

Buy plants ready to set out from 23 April to 30 August (from 2 April to 30 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 February to 1 July. Within 15 km of Foggia OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop, 5 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercato Ortofrutticolo Foggia — market
1 km
Mercato "Pinto" — market
2 km
Mercato coperto CEP — market
3 km
Consorzio Agrario Provinciale — farm shop
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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