When to plant eggplants in Saransk: 1 June – 24 June

In Saransk, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 12 March to 25 April; plant into a greenhouse from 11 May to 24 June; plant out into open ground from 1 June to 24 June.

Eggplant in Saransk: soil, season and weather

In Saransk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 30 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 1 June, 32 days later.

Last spring frost	30 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	1 June, 32 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	11 May – 24 June; May outside: 7 °C at night, 18.5 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	14 October, 135 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	10 August – 2 September
Days left for picking	65
Daylight	13:05 on 2 April, 16:48 on 1 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 9 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Saransk: care after planting

Planted on 1 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

1 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
29 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 Saransk during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 25 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: September (17.2 °C) and October (9.9 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 2.7 °C to 14.5 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.6	11.7	64	10	17:09
July	25	14.5	73	11	16:41
August	24.4	13.3	43	8	14:56
September	17.2	7.8	39	9	12:46
October	9.9	2.7	48	11	10:37

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Saransk, Tolyatti is 3 days earlier and Penza 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Penza	109 km	2 June – 25 June	1 day later
Ulyanovsk	210 km	30 May – 3 July	2 days earlier
Nizhny Novgorod	250 km	2 June – 28 June	1 day later
Cheboksary	254 km	2 June – 27 June	1 day later
Tolyatti	283 km	29 May – 3 July	3 days earlier
Tambov	294 km	1 June – 29 June	same day

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Saransk

Buy plants ready to set out from 1 June to 24 June (from 11 May to 24 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 12 March to 25 April. Within 15 km of Saransk OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop, 5 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Рынок «Данко» — market
5 km
Рынок «Ринг» — market
6 km
Центральный рынок — market
улица Полежаева 57 · Mon–Sun 09:00–19:00 · 1 km
Ярмарка «Столичная» — market
Большевистская улица 39А · 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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