When to plant eggplants in Toledo (United States): 24 May – 18 July

In Toledo (United States), eggplant: sow for seedlings from 4 March to 19 May; plant into a greenhouse from 3 May to 18 July; plant out into open ground from 24 May to 18 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Black Diamond Nursery (garden centre, 15 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Toledo (United States): soil, season and weather

In Toledo (United States) the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 22 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 24 May, 32 days later.

Last spring frost	22 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	24 May, 32 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	3 May – 18 July; May outside: 11.3 °C at night, 20.7 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	7 November, 167 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	2 August – 26 September
Days left for picking	97
Daylight	12:21 on 25 March, 14:47 on 24 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 8 rainy days

The same dates in Toledo (United States) hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Zucchini, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Eggplant in Toledo (United States): care after planting

Planted on 24 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

24 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
21 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 Toledo (United States) during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 28.6 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: May (20.7 °C), October (17.8 °C) and November (9.8 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 2.4 °C to 19.6 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20.7	11.3	95	13	14:31
June	26.6	17.2	78	11	15:11
July	28.6	19.6	96	12	14:55
August	27.2	18.7	83	11	13:53
September	24.1	15.8	59	8	12:31
October	17.8	9.5	82	11	11:09
November	9.8	2.4	63	9	9:52

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Toledo (United States), Fort Wayne is 3 days earlier and Ann Arbor 5 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ann Arbor	72 km	29 May – 16 July	5 days later
Windsor	84 km	27 May – 18 July	3 days later
Detroit	86 km	27 May – 18 July	3 days later
Lansing	145 km	28 May – 13 July	4 days later
Fort Wayne	148 km	21 May – 13 July	3 days earlier
Cleveland	154 km	28 May – 1 August	4 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Toledo (United States)

Buy plants ready to set out from 24 May to 18 July (from 3 May to 18 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 March to 19 May. Within 15 km of Toledo (United States) OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 5 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 29 October 2026).

Black Diamond Nursery — garden centre
Eckel Junction Road 12320, 43551 Perrysburg · 15 km
Flick's Package Liquor, Inc. — market
West Sterns Road 3320, 48144 Lambertville · 13 km
Randy's Farm Market — garden centre
13 km
Brock's — garden centre
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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