When to plant eggplants in Tambov: 1 June – 29 June

In Tambov, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 12 March to 30 April; plant into a greenhouse from 11 May to 29 June; plant out into open ground from 1 June to 29 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Знаменское мясо и молоко (farm shop, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Tambov: soil, season and weather

In Tambov the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 29 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 1 June, 33 days later.

Last spring frost	29 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	1 June, 33 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	11 May – 29 June; May outside: 7.9 °C at night, 19.4 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	19 October, 140 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	10 August – 7 September
Days left for picking	70
Daylight	13:02 on 2 April, 16:31 on 1 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 6 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Tambov: 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 Tambov during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 26 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: September (19 °C) and October (11.3 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 3.9 °C to 15.4 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.8	12.9	64	11	16:51
July	26	15.4	64	10	16:25
August	25.9	14.6	33	6	14:47
September	19	9.2	41	6	12:44
October	11.3	3.9	58	11	10:42

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Tambov, Lipetsk is 3 days earlier and Ryazan 5 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Lipetsk	129 km	29 May – 27 June	3 days earlier
Voronezh	194 km	29 May – 9 July	3 days earlier
Ryazan	239 km	6 June – 3 July	5 days later
Penza	244 km	2 June – 25 June	1 day later
Stary Oskol	293 km	29 May – 2 July	3 days earlier
Saransk	294 km	1 June – 24 June	same day

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Tambov

Buy plants ready to set out from 1 June to 29 June (from 11 May to 29 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 12 March to 30 April. Within 15 km of Tambov OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 6 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Центральный рынок — market
Tue–Sun 09:00–17:00 · 2 km
Микрорынок — market
Клубная улица · 6 km
Знаменское мясо и молоко — farm shop
Mon–Sun 08:00–20:00; public holidays closed · 4 km
ЗАО "Тамбовские семена" — garden centre
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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