When to plant eggplants in Paysandú: 21 September – 6 March

In Paysandú, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 2 July to 6 January; plant into a greenhouse from 31 August to 6 March; plant out into open ground from 21 September to 6 March.

Eggplant in Paysandú: soil, season and weather

In Paysandú the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 July, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 21 September, 68 days later.

Last spring frost	15 July
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	21 September, 68 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	31 August – 6 March; August outside: 8.8 °C at night, 18.9 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	26 June, 279 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	30 November – 15 May
Days left for picking	209
Daylight	10:21 on 23 July, 12:04 on 21 September
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 7 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Paysandú: care after planting

Planted on 21 September: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

21 September — feed: balanced (NPK)
19 October — 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 Paysandú during the eggplant season

Days average above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C in December (29.5 °C), January (30.8 °C) and February (29.8 °C). Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: September (20.8 °C), May (19.2 °C) and June (17 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 8.3 °C to 20.4 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
September	20.8	10.7	91	8	11:52
October	23.7	13.1	104	9	12:51
November	27.5	15.9	84	7	13:46
December	29.5	18.2	110	8	14:15
January	30.8	20.4	126	8	14:02
February	29.8	19.8	131	8	13:14
March	27.4	17.8	107	9	12:19
April	23.6	14.7	155	9	11:19
May	19.2	11.1	93	8	10:29
June	17	8.3	74	7	10:02

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Paysandú, Salto is 30 days earlier and Colonia del Sacramento 24 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Salto	105 km	from 22 August	30 days earlier
Tacuarembó	209 km	14 October – 22 February	23 days later
Paraná	240 km	from 10 September	11 days earlier
Colonia del Sacramento	240 km	from 15 October	24 days later
Rosario	250 km	29 September – 23 February	8 days later
Buenos Aires	255 km	from 7 October	16 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Paysandú

Buy plants ready to set out from 21 September to 6 March (from 31 August to 6 March for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 2 July to 6 January. Within 15 km of Paysandú OpenStreetMap lists 1 market (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado Municipal — market
1 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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