When to plant eggplants in Osorno: 29 December – 10 February

In Osorno, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 9 October to 12 December; plant into a greenhouse from 8 December to 10 February; plant out into open ground from 29 December to 10 February.

Eggplant in Osorno: soil, season and weather

In Osorno the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 September, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 29 December, 105 days later.

Last spring frost	15 September
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	29 December, 105 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	8 December – 10 February; December outside: 9.3 °C at night, 20 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	1 June, 155 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	8 March – 20 April
Days left for picking	85
Daylight	13:46 on 30 October, 15:03 on 29 December
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, January, has 5 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Osorno: care after planting

Planted on 29 December: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

29 December — feed: balanced (NPK)
26 January — 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 Osorno during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, February, averages 23.1 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: March–June and December (10.6–20 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 3.8 °C to 11.2 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
December	20	9.3	54	7	15:03
January	22.4	10.5	30	5	14:45
February	23.1	11.2	31	5	13:39
March	19.7	9.3	75	8	12:24
April	15.9	7.4	110	12	11:02
May	12.9	5.5	139	14	9:54
June	10.6	3.8	203	17	9:17

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Osorno, Los Ángeles is 36 days earlier and Bariloche 5 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Valdivia	85 km	11 December – 22 February	18 days earlier
Puerto Montt	101 km	29 December – 14 February	same day
Bariloche	166 km	from 3 January	5 days later
Temuco	208 km	9 December – 31 January	20 days earlier
Los Ángeles	351 km	23 November – 9 February	36 days earlier
Concepción	416 km	6 December – 21 February	23 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Osorno

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 December to 10 February (from 8 December to 10 February for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 9 October to 12 December. Within 15 km of Osorno OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery and 3 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Huerto Comunitario "Amore" — plant nursery
3 km
Mercado Municipal de Rahue — market
2 km
Mercado Municipal — market
0 km
Feria Libre Pedro Aguirre Cerda — market
2 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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