When to plant eggplants in Klagenfurt: 3 July – 16 July

In Klagenfurt, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 13 April to 17 May; plant into a greenhouse from 12 June to 16 July; plant out into open ground from 3 July to 16 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Hofladen (farm shop, 3 km) and Waldhauser's (farm shop, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Klagenfurt: soil, season and weather

In Klagenfurt the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 21 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 3 July, 43 days later. Planting out on 3 July leaves 83 days to the first autumn frost on 24 September, only 13 more than the card's 70 days to the first harvest; an unheated greenhouse, three weeks earlier, would add 21.

Last spring frost	21 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 July, 43 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	12 June – 16 July; June outside: 7.7 °C at night, 17.2 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	24 September, 83 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	11 September – 24 September
Days left for picking	13
Daylight	14:31 on 4 May, 15:45 on 3 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 15 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Klagenfurt: care after planting

Planted on 3 July: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

3 July — feed: balanced (NPK)
31 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 Klagenfurt during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 18.6 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: July (18.6 °C), August (18.3 °C) and September (13.6 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 4.9 °C to 9.1 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	18.6	9.1	135	18	15:30
August	18.3	9	130	15	14:14
September	13.6	4.9	153	15	12:36

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Eggplant in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant eggplant earlier than Klagenfurt; the closest date is in Salzburg, 24 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Graz	99 km	8 June – 21 July	25 days earlier
Udine	102 km	23 May – 2 August	41 days earlier
Trieste	115 km	5 June – 8 August	28 days earlier
Zagreb	157 km	28 May – 2 August	36 days earlier
Salzburg	163 km	9 June – 11 July	24 days earlier
Linz	188 km	4 June – 23 July	29 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Klagenfurt

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 July to 16 July (from 12 June to 16 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 April to 17 May. Within 15 km of Klagenfurt OpenStreetMap lists 11 garden centres, 1 plant nursery, 2 markets and 7 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Waldhauser's — farm shop
24/7 · 4 km
Hofladen — farm shop
06:00–22:00 · 3 km
Rupps Bauernladen — farm shop
24/7 · 4 km
Wornik Gartenbau — garden centre
2 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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