When to plant eggplants in Lleida: 29 April – 29 August

In Lleida, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 7 February to 30 June; plant into a greenhouse from 8 April to 29 August; plant out into open ground from 29 April to 29 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Mon Ermitage (farm shop, 2 km) and Cooperativa del Camp Sant Salvador d'Alfés (farm shop, 11 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Lleida: soil, season and weather

In Lleida the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 9 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 29 April, 79 days later.

Last spring frost	9 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	29 April, 79 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	8 April – 29 August; April outside: 9 °C at night, 21.3 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	19 December, 234 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	8 July – 7 November
Days left for picking	164
Daylight	11:11 on 28 February, 13:55 on 29 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 3 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Lleida: care after planting

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

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

29 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
27 May — 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 Lleida during the eggplant season

Days average above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C in June (31.5 °C), July (34.6 °C) and August (34.5 °C). Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: November (16.5 °C) and December (12.2 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 3.9 °C to 20.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	21.3	9	59	7	13:19
May	26.1	12.9	42	6	14:31
June	31.5	18.2	34	5	15:11
July	34.6	20.6	29	3	14:55
August	34.5	20.9	16	3	13:53
September	28.7	16.9	33	5	12:31
October	23.7	12.9	59	7	11:09
November	16.5	7	39	6	9:52
December	12.2	3.9	24	5	9:11

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Eggplant in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant eggplant later than Lleida; the closest date is in Tarragona, 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Tarragona	77 km	from 30 April	1 day later
Tortosa	90 km	from 7 May	8 days later
Manresa	101 km	13 May – 12 August	14 days later
Huesca	103 km	23 May – 6 August	24 days later
Zaragoza	126 km	30 April – 30 August	1 day later
Barcelona	132 km	24 May – 22 August	25 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Lleida

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 April to 29 August (from 8 April to 29 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 7 February to 30 June. Within 15 km of Lleida OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 6 farm-supply shops, 7 markets and 3 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Mon Ermitage — farm shop · sells: olive_oil
Partida Vallcalent 25, 25199 Lleida · 2 km · monermitage.com
Cooperativa del Camp Sant Salvador d'Alfés — farm shop
Travessera de la Bassa 2, 25161 Alfés · 11 km
Mecanocamp — garden centre
3 km
Mercat del Pla — 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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