When to plant eggplants in Lugo: 1 June – 14 August

In Lugo, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 12 March to 15 June; plant into a greenhouse from 11 May to 14 August; plant out into open ground from 1 June to 14 August.

Eggplant in Lugo: soil, season and weather

In Lugo the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 27 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 1 June, 66 days later.

Last spring frost	27 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	1 June, 66 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	11 May – 14 August; May outside: 9 °C at night, 18.9 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	4 December, 186 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	10 August – 23 October
Days left for picking	116
Daylight	12:45 on 2 April, 15:08 on 1 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 5 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Lugo: care after planting

Planted on 1 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

1 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
29 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 Lugo 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 (19 °C), November (13.4 °C) and December (11.3 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 4.1 °C to 14.6 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	21.6	12.2	72	12	15:20
July	24.8	14.2	18	5	15:04
August	25.9	14.6	24	6	13:58
September	22.5	12.1	53	10	12:33
October	19	10.1	126	13	11:06
November	13.4	6.2	141	15	9:45
December	11.3	4.1	139	15	9:02

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Lugo, Vigo is 23 days earlier and A Coruña 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ourense	78 km	1 June – 13 August	same day
A Coruña	79 km	from 5 June	4 days later
Santiago de Compostela	80 km	5 June – 27 August	4 days later
Ponferrada	94 km	1 June – 7 August	same day
Pontevedra	109 km	from 26 May	6 days earlier
Vigo	129 km	from 9 May	23 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Lugo

Buy plants ready to set out from 1 June to 14 August (from 11 May to 14 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 12 March to 15 June. Within 15 km of Lugo OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 9 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 5 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Herra-Lugo — farm supply
2 km
Praza de Abastos — market
0 km · mercadodelugo.gal
Mercado Municipal — market
0 km · mercadodelugo.gal
Mercado Gandeiro — market
12 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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