When to plant eggplants in Gaziantep: 15 April – 3 September

In Gaziantep, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 24 January to 5 July; plant into a greenhouse from 25 March to 3 September; plant out into open ground from 15 April to 3 September.

Eggplant in Gaziantep: soil, season and weather

In Gaziantep the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 22 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 15 April, 52 days later.

Last spring frost	22 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	15 April, 52 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	25 March – 3 September; March outside: 5.4 °C at night, 15 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	24 December, 253 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	24 June – 12 November
Days left for picking	183
Daylight	10:48 on 14 February, 13:08 on 15 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 0 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Gaziantep: care after planting

Planted on 15 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

15 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
13 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 Gaziantep during the eggplant season

Days average above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C in June–September (32.1–36.9 °C). Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: November (16.4 °C) and December (10.5 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in April–June and September–December (3.5–19.8 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	21.3	9.9	37	8	13:08
May	26.8	14.6	26	6	14:08
June	33	19.8	4	1	14:42
July	36.9	23.2	1	0	14:29
August	36.9	23.2	1	0	13:37
September	32.1	19.7	2	1	12:27
October	25.1	14.1	18	3	11:17
November	16.4	7.7	56	7	10:12
December	10.5	3.5	85	10	9:38

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Gaziantep, Adana is 1 day earlier and Erzurum 57 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Adana	183 km	14 April – 25 August	1 day earlier
Kayseri	247 km	20 May – 21 July	35 days later
Diyarbakır	269 km	1 May – 5 August	16 days later
Konya	441 km	28 April – 20 July	13 days later
Erzurum	464 km	11 June – 26 June	57 days later
Samsun	478 km	24 May – 26 August	39 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Gaziantep

Buy plants ready to set out from 15 April to 3 September (from 25 March to 3 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 January to 5 July. Within 15 km of Gaziantep OpenStreetMap lists 6 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Akkent Pazar Alanı — market
6 km
Kurtsan Milk Star Tarım Market — farm shop
3 km
Metanet Yöresel Ürün Pazarı — market
Şehitler Caddesi · 1 km
Balıkçı Hali — market
4 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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