When to plant eggplants in Nîmes: 17 May – 11 August

In Nîmes, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 25 February to 12 June; plant into a greenhouse from 26 April to 11 August; plant out into open ground from 17 May to 11 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include NIMAPLANTS - production de jeunes plants maraichers - vente aux particuliers (farm shop, 5 km) and La Halte paysanne (farm shop, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Nîmes: soil, season and weather

In Nîmes the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 17 May, 91 days later.

Last spring frost	15 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	17 May, 91 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	26 April – 11 August; April outside: 8.6 °C at night, 19 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	1 December, 198 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	26 July – 20 October
Days left for picking	128
Daylight	12:01 on 18 March, 14:47 on 17 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Nîmes: care after planting

Planted on 17 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

17 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
14 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 Nîmes during the eggplant season

Days average above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C in July (32 °C) and August (31.5 °C). Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: November (15 °C) and December (12.1 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 4.2 °C to 19.8 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22.9	12.3	86	9	14:43
June	28.5	17.2	43	7	15:27
July	32	19.8	16	3	15:09
August	31.5	19.5	34	4	14:02
September	26.2	15.6	80	6	12:34
October	21.2	12.2	119	9	11:04
November	15	7.2	102	10	9:41
December	12.1	4.2	69	9	8:56

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Nîmes, Perpignan is 23 days earlier and Saint-Étienne 28 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Avignon	38 km	18 May – 12 August	1 day later
Montpellier	46 km	8 May – 7 September	9 days earlier
Marseille	101 km	from 10 May	7 days earlier
Valence	129 km	29 May – 1 August	12 days later
Perpignan	173 km	24 April – 22 August	23 days earlier
Saint-Étienne	178 km	14 June – 28 July	28 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Nîmes

Buy plants ready to set out from 17 May to 11 August (from 26 April to 11 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 February to 12 June. Within 15 km of Nîmes OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries, 8 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Marché du Mas de Mingue — market
Thu 07:00–13:00 · 4 km
NIMAPLANTS - production de jeunes plants maraichers - vente aux particuliers — farm shop
Chemin de la Carreirasse, 30132 Caissargues · 5 km · facebook.com
La Halte paysanne — farm shop
Mon–Fri 09:00–13:00, 15:00–19:00; Sat 09:00–19:00 · 12 km
Tropic Plantes — garden centre
6 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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