When to plant eggplants in Orléans: 2 June – 5 August

In Orléans, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 13 March to 6 June; plant into a greenhouse from 12 May to 5 August; plant out into open ground from 2 June to 5 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Kultive (farm supply, 12 km) and Axeréal (farm supply, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Orléans: soil, season and weather

In Orléans the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 2 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 2 June, 61 days later.

Last spring frost	2 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	2 June, 61 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	12 May – 5 August; May outside: 9.7 °C at night, 19.2 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	25 November, 176 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	11 August – 14 October
Days left for picking	106
Daylight	12:56 on 3 April, 15:46 on 2 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 8 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Orléans: care after planting

Planted on 2 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

2 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
30 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 Orléans during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 25.4 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: October (17.2 °C) and November (11 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 5 °C to 15.4 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.7	14	78	11	16:00
July	25.4	15.4	53	8	15:40
August	25.4	15.2	52	8	14:20
September	21.9	12.4	62	10	12:38
October	17.2	9.4	74	12	10:55
November	11	5	68	13	9:18

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Orléans, Paris is 4 days earlier and Rouen 14 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Tours	107 km	31 May – 7 August	2 days earlier
Paris	112 km	29 May – 31 July	4 days earlier
Le Mans	127 km	31 May – 4 August	2 days earlier
Troyes	169 km	2 June – 29 July	same day
Rouen	181 km	16 June – 1 August	14 days later
Poitiers	188 km	30 May – 30 July	3 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Orléans

Buy plants ready to set out from 2 June to 5 August (from 12 May to 5 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 March to 6 June. Within 15 km of Orléans OpenStreetMap lists 13 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries, 37 markets and 16 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Axeréal — farm supply
Allée du Bois Vert 135, 45640 Sandillon · 12 km · axereal.com
Kultive — farm supply
Allée du Bois Vert 190, 45640 Sandillon · 12 km
Marché de Saint-Jean-le-Blanc - Place de l'Église — market
Place de l'Église, 45650 Saint-Jean-le-Blanc · Sat 08:00–12:30 · 1 km · saintjeanleblanc.com
Marché de Saint-Jean-le-Blanc - île de Corse — market
Rue de l'Île de Corse, 45650 Saint-Jean-le-Blanc · Sun 08:00–13:00 · 2 km · saintjeanleblanc.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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