When to plant eggplants in Nottingham: 20 June – 3 August

In Nottingham, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 31 March to 4 June; plant into a greenhouse from 30 May to 3 August; plant out into open ground from 20 June to 3 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Notcutts Garden Centre - Wheatcroft (garden centre, 5 km) and Green Garden Seb (garden centre, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Nottingham: soil, season and weather

In Nottingham the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 7 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 20 June, 74 days later.

Last spring frost	7 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	20 June, 74 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	30 May – 3 August; May outside: 7.8 °C at night, 16.7 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	23 November, 156 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	29 August – 12 October
Days left for picking	86
Daylight	14:20 on 21 April, 16:55 on 20 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 12 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Nottingham: care after planting

Planted on 20 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

20 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
18 July — 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 Nottingham during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 21.4 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: June and September–November (9.8–19.7 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 4.5 °C to 13 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	19.7	11.1	67	11	16:53
July	21.4	13	73	14	16:27
August	21	12.8	62	12	14:48
September	18.4	10.6	72	12	12:45
October	14.3	8.2	80	14	10:41
November	9.8	4.5	71	12	8:43

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Eggplant in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Nottingham's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Derby	22 km	22 June – 2 August	2 days later
Leicester	34 km	21 June – 30 July	1 day later
Lincoln (United Kingdom)	51 km	25 June – 30 July	5 days later
Sheffield	52 km	29 June – 2 August	9 days later
Coventry	65 km	21 June – 28 July	1 day later
Stoke-on-Trent	70 km	20 June – 26 July	same day

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Nottingham

Buy plants ready to set out from 20 June to 3 August (from 30 May to 3 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 31 March to 4 June. Within 15 km of Nottingham OpenStreetMap lists 34 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 plant nurseries, 10 markets and 12 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Notcutts Garden Centre - Wheatcroft — garden centre
Landmere Lane · 5 km · notcutts.co.uk
Green Garden Seb — garden centre
Flamsteed Road, NG8 6LJ Nottingham · 6 km · greengardenseb.com
Keycraft — garden centre
The Aerodrome, NG15 6EN Nottingham · 9 km · keycraft.co.uk
Frost's Plant Centre — plant nursery
Fosse Way, NG13 8JA Nottingham · 14 km · dwfrost.com

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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