When to plant eggplants in La Rochelle: 28 May – 22 August

In La Rochelle, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 8 March to 23 June; plant into a greenhouse from 7 May to 22 August; plant out into open ground from 28 May to 22 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include La ferme Rabillier (farm shop, 15 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in La Rochelle: soil, season and weather

In La Rochelle the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 14 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 28 May, 103 days later.

Last spring frost	14 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	28 May, 103 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	7 May – 22 August; May outside: 11.9 °C at night, 19.2 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	12 December, 198 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	6 August – 31 October
Days left for picking	128
Daylight	12:37 on 29 March, 15:24 on 28 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 7 rainy days

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

Eggplant in La Rochelle: care after planting

Planted on 28 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

28 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
25 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 La Rochelle during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 24.9 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: May and October–December (10.9–19.2 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 5.7 °C to 17.1 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.2	11.9	70	12	14:57
June	22.7	15.7	68	11	15:45
July	24.5	17.1	33	7	15:26
August	24.9	16.9	43	8	14:12
September	22.4	14.5	64	10	12:36
October	18.6	11.8	107	13	10:59
November	13.6	7.7	109	14	9:28
December	10.9	5.7	108	14	8:39

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Eggplant in nearby cities

3 of the nearest cities share La Rochelle's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nantes	122 km	28 May – 9 August	same day
Poitiers	123 km	30 May – 30 July	2 days later
Angers	153 km	28 May – 7 August	same day
Bordeaux	153 km	28 May – 10 August	same day
Limoges	190 km	6 June – 7 August	9 days later
Tours	196 km	31 May – 7 August	3 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near La Rochelle

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 May to 22 August (from 7 May to 22 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 8 March to 23 June. Within 15 km of La Rochelle OpenStreetMap lists 10 garden centres, 5 markets and 6 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

La ferme Rabillier — farm shop
Tue–Fri 15:00–19:00; Wed closed; Sat 10:00–12:00, 15:00–18:00 · 15 km
Truffaut — garden centre
3 km
La Serre des Ouches — garden centre
14 km
Marché — market
0 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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