When to plant eggplants in Ourense: 1 June – 13 August

In Ourense, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 12 March to 14 June; plant into a greenhouse from 11 May to 13 August; plant out into open ground from 1 June to 13 August.

Eggplant in Ourense: soil, season and weather

In Ourense the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 25 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 1 June, 68 days later.

Last spring frost	25 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	1 June, 68 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	11 May – 13 August; May outside: 8.8 °C at night, 19.6 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	3 December, 185 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	10 August – 22 October
Days left for picking	115
Daylight	12:44 on 2 April, 15:03 on 1 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 4 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Ourense: care after planting

Planted on 1 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

1 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
29 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 Ourense during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 27.7 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: October (19.5 °C), November (13.3 °C) and December (11.1 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 4.2 °C to 14.3 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.7	11.9	67	11	15:16
July	26.9	14	19	5	15:00
August	27.7	14.3	16	4	13:56
September	23.4	12	54	8	12:32
October	19.5	10	143	13	11:07
November	13.3	6.2	141	15	9:49
December	11.1	4.2	144	14	9:06

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Ourense, Vigo is 23 days earlier and Santiago de Compostela 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Pontevedra	65 km	from 26 May	6 days earlier
Vigo	72 km	from 9 May	23 days earlier
Lugo	78 km	1 June – 14 August	same day
Santiago de Compostela	81 km	5 June – 27 August	4 days later
Braga	99 km	24 May – 2 September	8 days earlier
Ponferrada	107 km	1 June – 7 August	same day

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Ourense

Buy plants ready to set out from 1 June to 13 August (from 11 May to 13 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 12 March to 14 June. Within 15 km of Ourense OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries and 2 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Praza de Abastos — market
Praza de Abastos, 32001 Ourense · 24/7 · 1 km
Plaza de Abastos Provisional — market
Praza de Abastos Provisional · 1 km
Viveiros Alecrín — garden centre
10 km · viveirosalecrin.com
Jesús — garden centre
15 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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