When to plant eggplants in Stoke-on-Trent: 20 June – 26 July

In Stoke-on-Trent, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 31 March to 27 May; plant into a greenhouse from 30 May to 26 July; plant out into open ground from 20 June to 26 July.

Eggplant in Stoke-on-Trent: soil, season and weather

In Stoke-on-Trent the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 27 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 20 June, 54 days later.

Last spring frost	27 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	20 June, 54 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	30 May – 26 July; May outside: 7.1 °C at night, 16 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	15 November, 148 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	29 August – 4 October
Days left for picking	78
Daylight	14:20 on 21 April, 16:56 on 20 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 15 rainy days

The same dates in Stoke-on-Trent hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Zucchini, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Eggplant in Stoke-on-Trent: care after planting

Planted on 20 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

20 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
18 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 Stoke-on-Trent during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 20.2 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: June–November (9.1–20.2 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 4 °C to 12.1 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	18.8	10.4	80	14	16:54
July	20.2	12.1	88	15	16:28
August	19.7	12	70	15	14:49
September	17.2	10	84	14	12:45
October	13.4	7.6	98	14	10:41
November	9.1	4	75	14	8:43

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Stoke-on-Trent, Liverpool is 3 days earlier and Wrexham 15 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Derby	48 km	22 June – 2 August	2 days later
Manchester	50 km	28 June – 25 July	8 days later
Wrexham	54 km	5 July – 3 August	15 days later
Sheffield	61 km	29 June – 2 August	9 days later
Birmingham	63 km	20 June – 30 July	same day
Liverpool	68 km	17 June – 6 August	3 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Stoke-on-Trent

Buy plants ready to set out from 20 June to 26 July (from 30 May to 26 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 31 March to 27 May. Within 15 km of Stoke-on-Trent OpenStreetMap lists 12 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 plant nurseries, 6 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Elmside Garden Centre — garden centre
11 km
Radway Green Garden Centre — garden centre
12 km
Bury Bank Plant Centre — garden centre
12 km
Fol Hollow Nurseries — garden centre
14 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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