When to plant eggplants in Puno: 13 October – 3 January

In Puno, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 24 July to 4 November; plant into a greenhouse from 22 September to 3 January; plant out into open ground from 13 October to 3 January.

Eggplant in Puno: soil, season and weather

In Puno frost, not soil, sets the date: the top 7 cm of soil warms to 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — around 17 September, 19 days before the last frost on 6 October, so planting waits only for the week after that frost.

Last spring frost	6 October
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	17 September, 19 days before the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	22 September – 3 January; September outside: 2.9 °C at night, 16.8 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	24 April, 194 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	22 December – 13 March
Days left for picking	124
Daylight	11:34 on 14 August, 12:24 on 13 October
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, October, has 14 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Puno: care after planting

Planted on 13 October: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

13 October — feed: balanced (NPK)
10 November — 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 Puno during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, November, averages 17.5 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: October–April (14.4–17.5 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 3.5 °C to 6.2 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
October	16.8	3.8	72	14	12:26
November	17.5	4.9	91	16	12:51
December	15.9	5.5	148	23	13:04
January	14.8	5.9	204	26	12:58
February	14.5	6.2	214	26	12:37
March	14.4	5.7	172	26	12:12
April	15.1	3.5	78	14	11:45

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Puno, Cochabamba is 41 days earlier and Potosí 46 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
La Paz	213 km	1 November – 29 December	19 days later
Cusco	332 km	24 November – 23 February	42 days later
Oruro	391 km	19 October – 8 January	6 days later
Cochabamba	446 km	2 September – 1 March	41 days earlier
Ayacucho	541 km	7 November – 8 February	25 days later
Potosí	614 km	from 28 November	46 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Puno

Buy plants ready to set out from 13 October to 3 January (from 22 September to 3 January for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 July to 4 November. Within 15 km of Puno OpenStreetMap lists 10 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado Laykakota — market
1 km
Mercado Central — market
1 km
Mercado BellaVista — market
1 km
Mercado Progreso — 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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