When to plant eggplants in Morelia: 18 April – 1 September

In Morelia, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 27 January to 3 July; plant into a greenhouse from 28 March to 1 September; plant out into open ground from 18 April to 1 September.

Eggplant in Morelia: soil, season and weather

In Morelia the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 18 April, 93 days later.

Last spring frost	15 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	18 April, 93 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	28 March – 1 September; March outside: 6.5 °C at night, 23.7 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	22 December, 248 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	27 June – 10 November
Days left for picking	178
Daylight	11:32 on 17 February, 12:38 on 18 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, April, has 2 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Morelia: care after planting

Planted on 18 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

18 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
16 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 Morelia during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, April, averages 25.5 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: July–December (18.6–20.1 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 4.5 °C to 10.8 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	25.5	8.2	6	2	12:35
May	25.5	10	38	9	13:04
June	22.4	10.8	125	18	13:19
July	19.9	9.9	147	26	13:13
August	19.9	10	164	25	12:49
September	19.8	9.9	142	21	12:16
October	20.1	8.6	54	11	11:43
November	19.9	6.1	21	4	11:13
December	18.6	4.5	14	3	10:57

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Eggplant in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant eggplant earlier than Morelia; the closest date is in Toluca, 15 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Toluca	166 km	3 April – 4 September	15 days earlier
Pachuca	260 km	6 February – 21 August	71 days earlier
Aguascalientes	268 km	8 February – 22 August	69 days earlier
San Luis Potosí	273 km	7 March – 25 August	42 days earlier
Zacatecas	371 km	21 February – 6 August	56 days earlier
Durango	600 km	19 February – 18 August	58 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Morelia

Buy plants ready to set out from 18 April to 1 September (from 28 March to 1 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 27 January to 3 July. Within 15 km of Morelia OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery and 9 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Jardinería Rentería — plant nursery
7 km
Mercado San Juan — market
1 km
Abarrotes La Luz — market
2 km
Mercado Nicolás Bravo — market
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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