When to plant eggplants in Łódź: 6 June – 15 July

In Łódź, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 17 March to 16 May; plant into a greenhouse from 16 May to 15 July; plant out into open ground from 6 June to 15 July.

Eggplant in Łódź: soil, season and weather

In Łódź the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 6 June, 51 days later.

Last spring frost	16 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	6 June, 51 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	16 May – 15 July; May outside: 8.1 °C at night, 18.3 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	4 November, 151 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	15 August – 23 September
Days left for picking	81
Daylight	13:20 on 7 April, 16:29 on 6 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 9 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Łódź: 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 Łódź during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 24.5 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: September (19.8 °C), October (13.7 °C) and November (7.1 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 1.9 °C to 14.6 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.6	13.2	68	10	16:39
July	24.3	14.6	89	13	16:15
August	24.5	14.6	86	11	14:41
September	19.8	10.9	64	10	12:43
October	13.7	6.5	64	12	10:45
November	7.1	1.9	40	9	8:52

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Łódź, Opole is 4 days earlier and Radom 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Częstochowa	108 km	5 June – 21 July	1 day earlier
Warsaw	118 km	6 June – 28 July	same day
Radom	123 km	7 June – 26 July	1 day later
Kielce	128 km	7 June – 15 July	1 day later
Toruń	151 km	3 June – 23 July	3 days earlier
Opole	161 km	2 June – 29 July	4 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Łódź

Buy plants ready to set out from 6 June to 15 July (from 16 May to 15 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 17 March to 16 May. Within 15 km of Łódź OpenStreetMap lists 18 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 8 plant nurseries and 27 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Nowy Rynek — market
Alojzego Felińskiego 2, Łódź · Mon–Fri 07:00–18:00; Sat 07:00–15:00 · 4 km
Rynek Wielkopolska — market
Wielkopolska 58, 91-026 Łódź · Mon–Fri 06:00–17:00; Sat 06:00–14:00 · 4 km
Czerwony Rynek — market
Rzgowska 66a · Mon–Fri 06:00–17:00; Sat 07:00–14:30 · 3 km
Hala Górniak — market
Piotrkowska 317, Łódź · 2 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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