When to plant eggplants in Galway: 13 July – 8 August

In Galway, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 23 April to 9 June; plant into a greenhouse from 22 June to 8 August; plant out into open ground from 13 July to 8 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Woodie's Garden Centre (garden centre, 1 km) and B&Q Garden Centre (garden centre, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Galway: soil, season and weather

In Galway the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 17 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 13 July, 118 days later.

Last spring frost	17 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	13 July, 118 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	22 June – 8 August; June outside: 11.2 °C at night, 17.6 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	28 November, 138 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 September – 17 October
Days left for picking	68
Daylight	15:47 on 14 May, 16:35 on 13 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 17 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Galway: care after planting

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

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

13 July — feed: balanced (NPK)
10 August — 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 Galway during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 18.6 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: July–November (10.6–18.6 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 6.1 °C to 12.8 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	18.6	12.5	119	17	16:30
August	18.5	12.8	140	19	14:50
September	16.7	10.9	111	17	12:45
October	13.8	8.9	141	19	10:40
November	10.6	6.1	122	16	8:41

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Galway, Tralee is 17 days earlier and Kilkenny 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Limerick	73 km	6 July – 1 August	7 days earlier
Athlone	76 km	13 July – 6 August	same day
Sligo	118 km	30 June – 1 August	13 days earlier
Tralee	119 km	26 June – 2 August	17 days earlier
Kilkenny	139 km	15 July – 31 July	2 days later
Cork	157 km	15 July – 1 August	2 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Galway

Buy plants ready to set out from 13 July to 8 August (from 22 June to 8 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 23 April to 9 June. Within 15 km of Galway OpenStreetMap lists 9 garden centres, 1 plant nursery and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

B&Q Garden Centre — garden centre
Western Distributor Road, Galway · Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00; Sun 10:00–18:00 · 3 km
Woodie's Garden Centre — garden centre
Headford Road, Galway · 1 km
Horkans Garden Centre — garden centre
Mon–Sat 09:30–18:00; Sun 12:00–18:00 · 9 km
Oranmore Organic Farm — farm shop
Shore Road, Trenlaur, Oranmore, H91EAA4 Galway · Mon–Sun 10:00–17:00 · 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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