When to plant eggplants in Graz: 8 June – 21 July

In Graz, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 19 March to 22 May; plant into a greenhouse from 18 May to 21 July; plant out into open ground from 8 June to 21 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Gartenbau Lederleitner (garden centre, 2 km) and Blumen Fischer (garden centre, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Graz: soil, season and weather

In Graz the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 8 June, 53 days later.

Last spring frost	16 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	8 June, 53 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	18 May – 21 July; May outside: 9 °C at night, 19 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	10 November, 155 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	17 August – 29 September
Days left for picking	85
Daylight	13:15 on 9 April, 15:47 on 8 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, October, has 8 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Graz: care after planting

Planted on 8 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

8 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
6 July — 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 Graz during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 26.1 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: September (20.9 °C), October (16.2 °C) and November (8.9 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 1.2 °C to 15.5 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24.9	14.3	99	13	15:53
July	26.1	15.5	94	13	15:33
August	25.8	15.4	108	12	14:16
September	20.9	11.2	110	11	12:37
October	16.2	6.4	56	8	10:57
November	8.9	1.2	61	9	9:23

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Graz, Zagreb is 11 days earlier and Klagenfurt 25 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Klagenfurt	99 km	3 July – 16 July	25 days later
Vienna	145 km	8 June – 23 July	same day
Zagreb	146 km	28 May – 2 August	11 days earlier
Linz	163 km	4 June – 23 July	4 days earlier
Bratislava	173 km	31 May – 27 July	8 days earlier
Salzburg	198 km	9 June – 11 July	1 day later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Graz

Buy plants ready to set out from 8 June to 21 July (from 18 May to 21 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 19 March to 22 May. Within 15 km of Graz OpenStreetMap lists 24 garden centres, 5 plant nurseries, 30 markets and 47 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Gartenbau Lederleitner — garden centre
Hilmteichstraße 70, 8010 Graz · Mon–Fri 09:30–19:00; Sat 09:00–17:00 · 2 km
Blumen Fischer — garden centre
Premstätter Straße 50, 8054 Seiersberg-Pirka · 8 km · blumen-fischer.at
Himmelreichkräuter Kern — garden centre
Am Himmelreich 15, 8074 · 8 km · himmelreichkraeuter.at
Obstbaumschule Hubmann — plant nursery
Höhenstraße 84, 8072 Fernitz-Mellach · 15 km · baumschule-hubmann.at

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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