When to plant eggplants in Saarbrücken: 3 June – 29 July

In Saarbrücken, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 14 March to 30 May; plant into a greenhouse from 13 May to 29 July; plant out into open ground from 3 June to 29 July.

Eggplant in Saarbrücken: soil, season and weather

In Saarbrücken the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 14 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 3 June, 50 days later.

Last spring frost	14 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 June, 50 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	13 May – 29 July; May outside: 8.9 °C at night, 18.7 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	18 November, 168 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 August – 7 October
Days left for picking	98
Daylight	13:02 on 4 April, 16:00 on 3 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 12 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Saarbrücken: care after planting

Planted on 3 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

3 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
1 July — 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 Saarbrücken during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 24.8 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: September (20.6 °C), October (15.4 °C) and November (8.9 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 3.4 °C to 14.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.5	13.5	78	12	16:13
July	24.6	14.5	66	11	15:51
August	24.8	14.9	65	12	14:27
September	20.6	11.3	73	10	12:40
October	15.4	8	85	13	10:52
November	8.9	3.4	85	14	9:10

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Saarbrücken, Strasbourg is 2 days earlier and Esch-sur-Alzette 12 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Metz	60 km	4 June – 28 July	1 day later
Luxembourg	75 km	7 June – 29 July	4 days later
Esch-sur-Alzette	79 km	15 June – 29 July	12 days later
Nancy	86 km	3 June – 28 July	same day
Strasbourg	93 km	1 June – 31 July	2 days earlier
Ettelbruck	93 km	6 June – 26 July	3 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Saarbrücken

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 June to 29 July (from 13 May to 29 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 14 March to 30 May. Within 15 km of Saarbrücken OpenStreetMap lists 15 garden centres, 2 plant nurseries, 10 markets and 13 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Frischmarkt Elversberg — market
Thu 08:00–12:00 · 13 km · spiesen-elversberg.info
Wochenmarkt Elversberg (Kleidermarkt) — market
Fri 08:00–12:00 · 14 km · spiesen-elversberg.info
St. Johanner Markt — market
Mon, Thu, Fri 08:00–14:00; Sat 09:00–14:00 · 1 km
Obststand am Ilseplatz — market
Mon–Sun 06:00–18:00; Dec 01–31 closed; Jan 01–31 closed; Jul 08:00–14:00; Aug closed; Dec 25, Dec 26 closed · 2 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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