When to plant eggplants in Nikopol: 12 May – 31 July

In Nikopol, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 20 February to 1 June; plant into a greenhouse from 21 April to 31 July; plant out into open ground from 12 May to 31 July.

Eggplant in Nikopol: soil, season and weather

In Nikopol the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 25 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 12 May, 48 days later.

Last spring frost	25 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	12 May, 48 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	21 April – 31 July; April outside: 6.8 °C at night, 16.5 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	20 November, 192 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 July – 9 October
Days left for picking	122
Daylight	11:43 on 13 March, 14:58 on 12 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 4 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Nikopol: care after planting

Planted on 12 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

12 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
9 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 Nikopol during the eggplant season

Days average above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C in July (29.3 °C) and August (29.4 °C). Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: October (16 °C) and November (8.9 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 3.7 °C to 19.5 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.4	12	50	8	15:06
June	27	17.6	51	8	15:57
July	29.3	19.5	35	6	15:37
August	29.4	19.4	27	4	14:19
September	23.3	14.3	38	6	12:38
October	16	8.8	40	7	10:56
November	8.9	3.7	51	8	9:20

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant eggplant later than Nikopol; the closest date is in Zaporizhzhia, 8 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Zaporizhzhia	64 km	20 May – 23 July	8 days later
Kryvyi Rih	84 km	25 May – 18 July	13 days later
Kamianske	106 km	28 May – 19 July	16 days later
Dnipro	110 km	26 May – 19 July	14 days later
Pavlohrad	153 km	27 May – 17 July	15 days later
Oleksandriia	154 km	27 May – 18 July	15 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Nikopol

Buy plants ready to set out from 12 May to 31 July (from 21 April to 31 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 20 February to 1 June. Within 15 km of Nikopol OpenStreetMap lists 3 farm-supply shops and 6 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

"Фермер", насіння та добрива — farm supply
10 km
Nezalezhnosti Market — market
1 km
Viktoriia Market — market
1 km
Selianskyi Market — market
1 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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