When to plant eggplants in Puerto Montt: 29 December – 14 February

In Puerto Montt, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 9 October to 16 December; plant into a greenhouse from 8 December to 14 February; plant out into open ground from 29 December to 14 February.

Eggplant in Puerto Montt: soil, season and weather

In Puerto Montt the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 22 August, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 29 December, 129 days later.

Last spring frost	22 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	29 December, 129 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	8 December – 14 February; December outside: 9.9 °C at night, 16.8 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	5 June, 159 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	8 March – 24 April
Days left for picking	89
Daylight	13:49 on 30 October, 15:09 on 29 December
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, February, has 9 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Puerto Montt: 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 Puerto Montt during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, February, averages 18.7 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: December–June (9.7–18.7 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 4.6 °C to 11.5 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
December	16.8	9.9	96	13	15:09
January	18.2	10.9	76	11	14:50
February	18.7	11.5	60	9	13:42
March	16.6	9.9	117	12	12:25
April	14.1	8	172	15	11:00
May	11.8	6.4	197	18	9:50
June	9.7	4.6	254	20	9:11

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Eggplant in nearby cities

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

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Osorno	101 km	29 December – 10 February	same day
Bariloche	141 km	from 3 January	5 days later
Valdivia	186 km	11 December – 22 February	18 days earlier
Temuco	305 km	9 December – 31 January	20 days earlier
Los Ángeles	448 km	23 November – 9 February	36 days earlier
Coyhaique	461 km	from 10 December	19 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Puerto Montt

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 December to 14 February (from 8 December to 14 February for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 9 October to 16 December. Within 15 km of Puerto Montt OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 1 plant nursery and 11 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Mercado Municipal Alerce — market
9 km
Feria campesina de Trapén — market
14 km
Mercado Municipal Ancud — market
1 km
vegetable market — market
6 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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