When to plant eggplants in Tacuarembó: 14 October – 22 February

In Tacuarembó, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 25 July to 24 December; plant into a greenhouse from 23 September to 22 February; plant out into open ground from 14 October to 22 February.

Eggplant in Tacuarembó: soil, season and weather

In Tacuarembó the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 21 July, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 14 October, 85 days later.

Last spring frost	21 July
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	14 October, 85 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	23 September – 22 February; September outside: 10.3 °C at night, 20.2 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	13 June, 243 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	23 December – 2 May
Days left for picking	173
Daylight	10:57 on 15 August, 12:48 on 14 October
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 8 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Tacuarembó: care after planting

Planted on 14 October: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

14 October — feed: balanced (NPK)
11 November — 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 Tacuarembó during the eggplant season

Days average above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C in January (29.5 °C). Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: May (18.9 °C) and June (17 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 8.3 °C to 19 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
October	22.8	12.2	118	9	12:50
November	26	14.7	106	8	13:44
December	28.4	17.2	104	8	14:12
January	29.5	19	108	9	14:00
February	29	18.8	102	10	13:13
March	26.8	16.9	122	9	12:19
April	23.4	14.1	161	10	11:20
May	18.9	10.5	114	9	10:31
June	17	8.3	93	8	10:05

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Tacuarembó, Santa Maria is 61 days earlier and Maldonado 10 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Rivera	99 km	28 September – 18 February	16 days earlier
Salto	191 km	from 22 August	53 days earlier
Paysandú	209 km	21 September – 6 March	23 days earlier
Santa Maria	307 km	14 August – 21 February	61 days earlier
Colonia del Sacramento	352 km	from 15 October	1 day later
Maldonado	367 km	from 24 October	10 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Tacuarembó

Buy plants ready to set out from 14 October to 22 February (from 23 September to 22 February for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 July to 24 December. Within 15 km of Tacuarembó OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery (collected 28 October 2026).

Nursery — plant nursery
11 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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