When to plant eggplants in Murmansk: 13 July – 25 July

In Murmansk, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 23 April to 26 May; plant into a greenhouse from 22 June to 25 July; plant out into open ground from 13 July to 25 July.

Eggplant in Murmansk: soil, season and weather

In Murmansk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 24 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 13 July, 50 days later. Planting out on 13 July leaves 82 days to the first autumn frost on 3 October, only 12 more than the card's 70 days to the first harvest; an unheated greenhouse, three weeks earlier, would add 21.

Last spring frost	24 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	13 July, 50 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	22 June – 25 July; June outside: 5.6 °C at night, 14.1 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	3 October, 82 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 September – 3 October
Days left for picking	12
Daylight	20:50 on 14 May, 24:00 on 13 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, October, has 13 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Murmansk: care after planting

Planted on 13 July: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

13 July — feed: balanced (NPK)
10 August — 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 Murmansk during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 18.7 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: July–October (3.3–18.7 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from -0.7 °C to 9.8 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	18.7	9.8	57	12	24:00
August	16.2	8.8	79	15	17:54
September	11.1	5.1	74	12	13:25
October	3.3	-0.7	51	13	9:19

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant eggplant earlier than Murmansk; the closest date is in Arkhangelsk, 1 day earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Arkhangelsk	589 km	12 July – 30 July	1 day earlier
Petrozavodsk	802 km	1 July – 8 August	12 days earlier
Saint Petersburg	1,013 km	17 June – 30 June	26 days earlier
Helsinki	1,051 km	17 June – 30 June	26 days earlier
Cherepovets	1,118 km	22 June – 27 June	21 days earlier
Vologda	1,131 km	22 June – 1 August	21 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Murmansk

Buy plants ready to set out from 13 July to 25 July (from 22 June to 25 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 23 April to 26 May. Within 15 km of Murmansk OpenStreetMap lists 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Ленинский — market
1 km
Лавна — farm shop
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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