When to plant eggplants in Limoges: 6 June – 7 August

In Limoges, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 17 March to 8 June; plant into a greenhouse from 16 May to 7 August; plant out into open ground from 6 June to 7 August.

Eggplant in Limoges: soil, season and weather

In Limoges the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 1 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 6 June, 66 days later.

Last spring frost	1 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	6 June, 66 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	16 May – 7 August; May outside: 9.2 °C at night, 18.8 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	27 November, 174 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	15 August – 16 October
Days left for picking	104
Daylight	13:05 on 7 April, 15:35 on 6 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 8 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Limoges: care after planting

Planted on 6 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

6 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
4 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 Limoges during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 25.9 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: October (17.6 °C) and November (11.6 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 5.2 °C to 14.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.3	13.5	99	13	15:42
July	25.3	14.7	45	8	15:24
August	25.9	14.9	41	8	14:11
September	21.8	12.1	75	10	12:36
October	17.6	9.6	102	12	11:00
November	11.6	5.2	97	15	9:30

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Limoges, Bordeaux is 9 days earlier and Clermont-Ferrand 21 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Poitiers	109 km	30 May – 30 July	7 days earlier
Clermont-Ferrand	141 km	27 June – 23 July	21 days later
Tours	179 km	31 May – 7 August	6 days earlier
Bordeaux	181 km	28 May – 10 August	9 days earlier
La Rochelle	190 km	28 May – 22 August	9 days earlier
Angers	229 km	28 May – 7 August	9 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Limoges

Buy plants ready to set out from 6 June to 7 August (from 16 May to 7 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 17 March to 8 June. Within 15 km of Limoges OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries, 4 markets and 11 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Halles centrales — market
Tue–Wed 07:00–14:00; Thu–Sun 07:00–15:00 · 0 km
Marché Marceau — market
Sat 07:00–13:00 · 1 km
Les Halles Carnot — market
Tue–Sat 07:00–13:00 · 1 km
Place Aymard Fayard — market
Sat 08:00–12:00 · 10 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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