When to plant eggplants in Linz: 4 June – 23 July

In Linz, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 15 March to 24 May; plant into a greenhouse from 14 May to 23 July; plant out into open ground from 4 June to 23 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Simmerer Josef Transportunternehmen GmbH (farm supply, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Linz: soil, season and weather

In Linz the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 7 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 4 June, 58 days later.

Last spring frost	7 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	4 June, 58 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	14 May – 23 July; May outside: 9.4 °C at night, 19.3 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	12 November, 161 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	13 August – 1 October
Days left for picking	91
Daylight	13:04 on 5 April, 15:53 on 4 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, October, has 10 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Linz: care after planting

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

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

4 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
2 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 Linz during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 26.2 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: October (15.6 °C) and November (8.3 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 2 °C to 15.7 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	25.4	14.6	84	12	16:04
July	26.2	15.7	88	13	15:43
August	26	15.7	95	12	14:22
September	21.1	11.8	82	10	12:38
October	15.6	7.3	54	10	10:54
November	8.3	2	59	10	9:16

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Eggplant in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant eggplant later than Linz; the closest date is in Vienna, 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
České Budějovice	75 km	18 June – 17 July	14 days later
Salzburg	109 km	9 June – 11 July	5 days later
Vienna	154 km	8 June – 23 July	4 days later
Graz	163 km	8 June – 21 July	4 days later
Plzeň	173 km	18 June – 16 July	14 days later
Regensburg	179 km	14 June – 18 July	10 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Linz

Buy plants ready to set out from 4 June to 23 July (from 14 May to 23 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 15 March to 24 May. Within 15 km of Linz OpenStreetMap lists 11 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 12 markets and 43 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Simmerer Josef Transportunternehmen GmbH — farm supply
"nach Vereinbarung" · 8 km
Markt Dornach Auhof — market
Sat 06:30–13:00 · 3 km · linz.at
Genussmarkt — market
every 2 weeks, see website for more information · 13 km · st-georgen-gusen.at
Stadtmarkt Hauptplatz — market
Tue, Fri 07:00–14:00 · 1 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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