When to plant eggplants in Hull: 27 June – 4 August

In Hull, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 7 April to 5 June; plant into a greenhouse from 6 June to 4 August; plant out into open ground from 27 June to 4 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Willerby Cane & Garden Centre (garden centre, 7 km) and Sandhill Garden Centre (garden centre, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Hull: soil, season and weather

In Hull the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 28 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 27 June, 91 days later.

Last spring frost	28 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	27 June, 91 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	6 June – 4 August; June outside: 11.1 °C at night, 18.6 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	24 November, 150 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	5 September – 13 October
Days left for picking	80
Daylight	14:52 on 28 April, 17:04 on 27 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 13 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Hull: care after planting

Planted on 27 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

27 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
25 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 Hull during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 20.8 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: June–November (10.2–20.8 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 4.9 °C to 13 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	18.6	11.1	68	12	17:03
July	20.8	13	77	14	16:36
August	20.8	13	67	13	14:53
September	18.3	11	67	12	12:46
October	14.5	8.5	74	13	10:39
November	10.2	4.9	70	12	8:37

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Hull, Nottingham is 7 days earlier and Sheffield 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
York	54 km	26 June – 25 July	1 day earlier
Lincoln (United Kingdom)	58 km	25 June – 30 July	2 days earlier
Leeds	80 km	25 June – 3 August	2 days earlier
Sheffield	85 km	29 June – 2 August	2 days later
Bradford	93 km	27 June – 29 July	same day
Nottingham	103 km	20 June – 3 August	7 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Hull

Buy plants ready to set out from 27 June to 4 August (from 6 June to 4 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 7 April to 5 June. Within 15 km of Hull OpenStreetMap lists 8 garden centres, 1 plant nursery, 4 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Trinity Market — market
1 km
Corn Hill — market
13 km
Sandhill Garden Centre — garden centre
Wyton Road, HU12 8TY Hull · 9 km · sandhill-gardencentre.co.uk
Willerby Cane & Garden Centre — garden centre
Main Street, HU10 6BP Hull · 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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