When to plant eggplants in Sherbrooke: 18 June – 7 July

In Sherbrooke, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 29 March to 8 May; plant into a greenhouse from 28 May to 7 July; plant out into open ground from 18 June to 7 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Serres Yargeau (garden centre, 14 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Sherbrooke: soil, season and weather

In Sherbrooke the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 8 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 18 June, 41 days later.

Last spring frost	8 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	18 June, 41 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	28 May – 7 July; May outside: 7 °C at night, 18.1 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	27 October, 131 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	27 August – 15 September
Days left for picking	61
Daylight	13:41 on 19 April, 15:40 on 18 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 9 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Sherbrooke: care after planting

Planted on 18 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

18 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
16 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 Sherbrooke during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 25.1 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: September (20.3 °C) and October (14 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 5.8 °C to 16.2 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.5	12.6	129	14	15:39
July	25.1	16.2	142	15	15:20
August	23.7	15.1	132	15	14:09
September	20.3	11.3	73	9	12:35
October	14	5.8	115	13	11:01

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Sherbrooke, Montreal is 19 days earlier and Augusta 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Trois-Rivières	116 km	31 May – 9 July	18 days earlier
Montreal	132 km	30 May – 12 July	19 days earlier
Montpelier	137 km	20 June – 27 June	2 days later
Burlington	146 km	1 June – 14 July	17 days earlier
Quebec City	165 km	21 June – 8 July	3 days later
Augusta	206 km	22 June – 14 July	4 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Sherbrooke

Buy plants ready to set out from 18 June to 7 July (from 28 May to 7 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 29 March to 8 May. Within 15 km of Sherbrooke OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 2 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Serres Yargeau — garden centre
Chemin Édouard-Roy 3008 · 14 km
Marché de la Gare — market
1 km · marchedelagare.com
Galerie Quatre Saisons — market
3 km · galeriequatresaisons.com
Le Potager d'Émylou — farm shop
5 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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