When to plant eggplants in Lansing: 28 May – 13 July

In Lansing, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 8 March to 14 May; plant into a greenhouse from 7 May to 13 July; plant out into open ground from 28 May to 13 July.

Eggplant in Lansing: soil, season and weather

In Lansing the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 28 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 28 May, 30 days later.

Last spring frost	28 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	28 May, 30 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	7 May – 13 July; May outside: 9.7 °C at night, 20.9 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	2 November, 158 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	6 August – 21 September
Days left for picking	88
Daylight	12:33 on 29 March, 15:00 on 28 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 9 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Lansing: 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 Lansing during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 28.3 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: May (20.9 °C), October (16.6 °C) and November (8.5 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 1 °C to 18 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20.9	9.7	89	13	14:37
June	26.6	15.5	78	11	15:18
July	28.3	18	86	12	15:02
August	27.2	17	83	10	13:57
September	23.8	14	74	10	12:32
October	16.6	7.9	102	11	11:07
November	8.5	1	56	9	9:47

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Lansing, Fort Wayne is 7 days earlier and Ann Arbor 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ann Arbor	82 km	29 May – 16 July	1 day later
Grand Rapids	95 km	28 May – 14 July	same day
Detroit	131 km	27 May – 18 July	1 day earlier
Windsor	134 km	27 May – 18 July	1 day earlier
Toledo (United States)	145 km	24 May – 18 July	4 days earlier
Fort Wayne	187 km	21 May – 13 July	7 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Lansing

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 May to 13 July (from 7 May to 13 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 8 March to 14 May. Within 15 km of Lansing OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 1 plant nursery, 6 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Walmart Garden Center — garden centre
13 km
Swadesh Food Mart — market
11 km
Meridian Twp Winter Farmers' Market — market
12 km
Allen Marketplace — farm shop
4 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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