When to plant eggplants in Ghent: 31 May – 4 August

In Ghent, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 11 March to 5 June; plant into a greenhouse from 10 May to 4 August; plant out into open ground from 31 May to 4 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include allpalms (plant nursery, 6 km) and Groendecor Vandeputte (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Ghent: soil, season and weather

In Ghent the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 31 May, 49 days later.

Last spring frost	12 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	31 May, 49 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	10 May – 4 August; May outside: 8.8 °C at night, 18.7 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	24 November, 177 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	9 August – 13 October
Days left for picking	107
Daylight	12:55 on 1 April, 16:12 on 31 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, May, has 11 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Ghent: 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 Ghent during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 23.5 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: May and September–November (10.3–20.5 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 5 °C to 14.4 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	18.7	8.8	58	11	15:32
June	22.5	12.8	74	11	16:31
July	23.2	14	62	12	16:08
August	23.5	14.4	61	12	14:37
September	20.5	12	59	10	12:42
October	15.9	9.4	73	13	10:47
November	10.3	5	70	14	8:57

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Eggplant in nearby cities

2 of the nearest cities share Ghent's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bruges	39 km	15 June – 10 August	15 days later
Brussels	49 km	8 June – 2 August	8 days later
Antwerp	51 km	31 May – 2 August	same day
Lille	66 km	11 June – 1 August	11 days later
Mons	69 km	10 June – 30 July	10 days later
Leuven	71 km	31 May – 2 August	same day

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Ghent

Buy plants ready to set out from 31 May to 4 August (from 10 May to 4 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 11 March to 5 June. Within 15 km of Ghent OpenStreetMap lists 31 garden centres, 2 plant nurseries, 8 markets and 9 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Groendecor Vandeputte — garden centre
Salisburylaan 7 · Mon 13:00–18:30; Tue–Fri 09:00–12:00, 13:00–18:30; Sat 09:00–18:00; Sun 09:00–12:30 · 7 km · groendecor.be
De Verwildering — garden centre
Poekstraat 19 · Apr–Jun Sat 09:00–17:00 · 7 km · deverwildering.be
Junior Plants — garden centre
Halewijnkouter 182 · Mon–Fri 08:30–12:00, 13:00–17:30; Sat 09:00–12:00, 13:00–17:00 · 8 km · juniorplants.be
allpalms — plant nursery
Mon–Fri 08:00–18:30; Sat 08:00–12:00 · 6 km · allpalms.be

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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