When to plant eggplants in Hanover: 7 June – 1 August

In Hanover, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 18 March to 2 June; plant into a greenhouse from 17 May to 1 August; plant out into open ground from 7 June to 1 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Blumen Hoffmann GBR (garden centre, 4 km) and Baumschule Gloger (plant nursery, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Hanover: soil, season and weather

In Hanover the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 9 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 7 June, 59 days later.

Last spring frost	9 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	7 June, 59 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	17 May – 1 August; May outside: 8.6 °C at night, 18.6 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	21 November, 167 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	16 August – 10 October
Days left for picking	97
Daylight	13:26 on 8 April, 16:38 on 7 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 9 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Hanover: care after planting

Planted on 7 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

7 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
5 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 Hanover during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 24.1 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: September (20.4 °C), October (15.1 °C) and November (8.9 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 3.7 °C to 14.4 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.1	13.1	67	11	16:46
July	23.5	14.2	69	12	16:21
August	24.1	14.4	54	11	14:45
September	20.4	11.4	48	9	12:44
October	15.1	8.5	65	13	10:43
November	8.9	3.7	55	13	8:48

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Hanover, Münster is 6 days earlier and Bremen 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bielefeld	91 km	5 June – 29 July	2 days earlier
Bremen	101 km	11 June – 30 July	4 days later
Magdeburg	132 km	3 June – 29 July	4 days earlier
Hamburg	132 km	6 June – 30 July	1 day earlier
Münster	150 km	1 June – 1 August	6 days earlier
Erfurt	179 km	9 June – 18 July	2 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Hanover

Buy plants ready to set out from 7 June to 1 August (from 17 May to 1 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 18 March to 2 June. Within 15 km of Hanover OpenStreetMap lists 20 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 7 plant nurseries, 20 markets and 30 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Blumen Hoffmann GBR — garden centre
Grambartstraße 4, 30165 Hannover · 4 km
Gärtnerei Kleensang — garden centre
Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00; Sat 09:00–13:00; Sun, public holidays 10:00–12:00 · 6 km
Dehner Garten-Center — garden centre
Westfalenstraße 44 · 8 km
Baumschule Gloger — plant nursery
Stadtweg 10, 30926 Seelze · Mon–Fri 08:00–12:00, 13:00–18:00; Sat 08:30–13:00; Sun closed · 5 km · baumschule-gloger.de

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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