When to plant eggplants in Magdeburg: 3 June – 29 July

In Magdeburg, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 14 March to 30 May; plant into a greenhouse from 13 May to 29 July; plant out into open ground from 3 June to 29 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Magdeburger Pilz-Markt (farm shop, 3 km) and Hofladen Sülldorf (farm shop, 13 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Magdeburg: soil, season and weather

In Magdeburg the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 5 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 3 June, 59 days later.

Last spring frost	5 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 June, 59 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	13 May – 29 July; May outside: 9.4 °C at night, 19.2 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	18 November, 168 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 August – 7 October
Days left for picking	98
Daylight	13:09 on 4 April, 16:28 on 3 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 10 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Magdeburg: care after planting

Planted on 3 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

3 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
1 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 Magdeburg during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 24.9 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: September (20.9 °C), October (15.1 °C) and November (8.7 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 3.3 °C to 15.2 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24.3	14.1	53	9	16:44
July	24.5	15	60	10	16:18
August	24.9	15.2	52	10	14:43
September	20.9	12	47	8	12:43
October	15.1	8.3	58	12	10:44
November	8.7	3.3	45	10	8:50

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Magdeburg, Berlin is 3 days earlier and Erfurt 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Leipzig	102 km	5 June – 28 July	2 days later
Potsdam	102 km	3 June – 1 August	same day
Berlin	129 km	31 May – 30 July	3 days earlier
Hanover	132 km	7 June – 1 August	4 days later
Erfurt	134 km	9 June – 18 July	6 days later
Dresden	189 km	5 June – 29 July	2 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Magdeburg

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 June to 29 July (from 13 May to 29 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 14 March to 30 May. Within 15 km of Magdeburg OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 1 market and 8 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Magdeburger Getreide Lager Gommern — farm supply
Karither Straße 42, 39245 Gommern · 15 km · md-getreide.de
Agravis Lager Wolmirstedt — farm supply
Rogätzer Straße 7I, 39326 Wolmirstedt · 15 km · agravisost.de
Magdeburger Pilz-Markt — farm shop
Paul-Ecke-Straße 10, 39114 Magdeburg · Tue–Thu 10:00–17:00; Fri 09:00–18:00; public holidays closed · 3 km · magdeburger-pilzmanufaktur.de
Hofladen Sülldorf — farm shop
Salzblütenweg 18, 39171 Sülzetal · Tue–Fri 07:30–18:00; Sat 08:00–13:00; Mon, Sun, public holidays closed · 13 km · hof-suelldorf.de

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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