When to plant eggplants in Lipetsk: 29 May – 27 June

In Lipetsk, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 9 March to 28 April; plant into a greenhouse from 8 May to 27 June; plant out into open ground from 29 May to 27 June.

Eggplant in Lipetsk: soil, season and weather

In Lipetsk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 26 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 29 May, 33 days later.

Last spring frost	26 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	29 May, 33 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	8 May – 27 June; May outside: 8.2 °C at night, 19.5 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	17 October, 141 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	7 August – 5 September
Days left for picking	71
Daylight	12:49 on 30 March, 16:23 on 29 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 6 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Lipetsk: care after planting

Planted on 29 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

29 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
26 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 Lipetsk during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 26.5 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: May (19.5 °C), September (19.6 °C) and October (12 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 4.2 °C to 15.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.5	8.2	50	11	15:44
June	24.3	13.4	64	11	16:49
July	26.5	15.9	63	10	16:23
August	26.4	15	36	6	14:46
September	19.6	9.5	42	7	12:44
October	12	4.2	56	10	10:42

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Eggplant in nearby cities

2 of the nearest cities share Lipetsk's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Voronezh	106 km	29 May – 9 July	same day
Tambov	129 km	1 June – 29 June	3 days later
Stary Oskol	185 km	29 May – 2 July	same day
Tula	219 km	14 June – 25 June	16 days later
Ryazan	227 km	6 June – 3 July	8 days later
Oryol	237 km	11 June – 26 June	13 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Lipetsk

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 May to 27 June (from 8 May to 27 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 9 March to 28 April. Within 15 km of Lipetsk OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 4 markets and 3 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Загородный дом — garden centre
1 km
Природа — garden centre
1 km
Природа — garden centre
4 km
Октябрьский рынок — market
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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