When to plant eggplants in Modena: 14 May – 10 August

In Modena, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 22 February to 11 June; plant into a greenhouse from 23 April to 10 August; plant out into open ground from 14 May to 10 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Punto vendita dell'Istituto (farm shop, 12 km) and Azienda Agricola Moscattini (farm shop, 13 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Modena: soil, season and weather

In Modena the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 14 May, 55 days later.

Last spring frost	20 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	14 May, 55 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	23 April – 10 August; April outside: 7.7 °C at night, 19.3 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	30 November, 200 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	23 July – 19 October
Days left for picking	130
Daylight	11:52 on 15 March, 14:45 on 14 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 7 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Modena: care after planting

Planted on 14 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

14 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
11 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 Modena during the eggplant season

Days average above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C in June (29.5 °C), July (31.9 °C) and August (31.5 °C). Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: October (20.4 °C) and November (13.1 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 5.4 °C to 20.2 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	23	12.6	109	14	14:48
June	29.5	18	49	7	15:33
July	31.9	20.2	47	7	15:15
August	31.5	20	59	8	14:05
September	26.1	15.6	74	8	12:34
October	20.4	10.9	76	8	11:02
November	13.1	5.4	83	10	9:37

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Modena, Ferrara is 1 day earlier and Verona 15 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bologna	37 km	16 May – 9 August	2 days later
Parma	50 km	19 May – 9 August	5 days later
Mantua	58 km	14 May – 8 August	same day
Ferrara	58 km	13 May – 8 August	1 day earlier
Verona	88 km	29 May – 7 August	15 days later
Florence	101 km	28 May – 7 August	14 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Modena

Buy plants ready to set out from 14 May to 10 August (from 23 April to 10 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 22 February to 11 June. Within 15 km of Modena OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 5 markets and 9 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Punto vendita dell'Istituto — farm shop
Via Solimei 23, Castelfranco Emilia · 12 km
Azienda Agricola Moscattini — farm shop
Via Viazza II Tronco 48, Formigine · 13 km
Happyflor — garden centre
4 km
Vivaio Vecchi — garden centre
10 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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