When to plant eggplants in Oryol: 11 June – 26 June

In Oryol, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 22 March to 27 April; plant into a greenhouse from 21 May to 26 June; plant out into open ground from 11 June to 26 June.

Eggplant in Oryol: soil, season and weather

In Oryol the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 28 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 11 June, 44 days later. 127 days separate planting out (11 June) from the first autumn frost (16 October); the card's 70 days to the first harvest leave 57 for picking, so a start 8 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	28 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	11 June, 44 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	21 May – 26 June; May outside: 7.4 °C at night, 18.2 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	16 October, 127 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	20 August – 4 September
Days left for picking	57
Daylight	13:44 on 12 April, 16:50 on 11 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 7 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Oryol: care after planting

Planted on 11 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

11 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
9 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 Oryol during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 24.5 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: September (18.6 °C) and October (11.2 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 3.9 °C to 14.7 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.9	12.6	71	11	16:53
July	24.5	14.7	78	13	16:27
August	24.3	13.9	63	9	14:48
September	18.6	9.1	44	7	12:45
October	11.2	3.9	63	12	10:41

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Oryol, Kursk is 13 days earlier and Tula 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bryansk	122 km	11 June – 30 June	same day
Kursk	138 km	29 May – 1 July	13 days earlier
Tula	170 km	14 June – 25 June	3 days later
Kaluga	174 km	12 June – 21 June	1 day later
Shostka	216 km	30 May – 30 June	12 days earlier
Stary Oskol	222 km	29 May – 2 July	13 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Oryol

Buy plants ready to set out from 11 June to 26 June (from 21 May to 26 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 22 March to 27 April. Within 15 km of Oryol OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 7 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Развитие — market
6 km
Рынок на ул. 3-я Курская — market
0 km
Апельсин — farm shop
5 km
Интер — farm shop
5 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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