When to plant eggplants in Reggio Calabria: 24 May – 29 August

In Reggio Calabria, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 4 March to 30 June; plant into a greenhouse from 3 May to 29 August; plant out into open ground from 24 May to 29 August.

Eggplant in Reggio Calabria: soil, season and weather

In Reggio Calabria the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 27 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 24 May, 86 days later.

Last spring frost	27 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	24 May, 86 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	3 May – 29 August; May outside: 12.3 °C at night, 19.3 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	19 December, 209 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	2 August – 7 November
Days left for picking	139
Daylight	12:19 on 25 March, 14:28 on 24 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 4 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Reggio Calabria: care after planting

Planted on 24 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

24 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
21 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 Reggio Calabria during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 28.3 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: May and October–December (11.4–19.3 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 6.5 °C to 20 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.3	12.3	65	8	14:13
June	25.4	17.6	34	6	14:48
July	28.3	20	15	4	14:34
August	27.3	19.8	48	8	13:40
September	23.4	16.6	64	10	12:28
October	19.3	13.2	75	10	11:15
November	15	9.7	108	13	10:08
December	11.4	6.5	98	12	9:32

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Reggio Calabria, Catania is 29 days earlier and Potenza 21 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Messina	12 km	from 21 May	3 days earlier
Catania	84 km	from 25 April	29 days earlier
Cosenza	142 km	3 June – 10 August	10 days later
Palermo	200 km	28 May – 2 September	4 days later
Potenza	282 km	14 June – 5 August	21 days later
Salerno	295 km	7 June – 21 August	14 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Reggio Calabria

Buy plants ready to set out from 24 May to 29 August (from 3 May to 29 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 March to 30 June. Within 15 km of Reggio Calabria OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres and 8 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Mercato di Sant'Orsola — market
Mon–Sat 06:00–14:00 · 14 km
Mercato rionale di Giostra — market
Viale Giostra · 15 km
Vivaio piante e fiori di Calatozzo Franco — garden centre
12 km
Piazza del Popolo — 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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