When to plant eggplants in Toluca: 3 April – 4 September

In Toluca, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 12 January to 6 July; plant into a greenhouse from 13 March to 4 September; plant out into open ground from 3 April to 4 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Alimentos balanceados (farm supply, 8 km) and Super Agroperia Don Tacho (farm supply, 10 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Toluca: soil, season and weather

In Toluca the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 24 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 3 April, 69 days later.

Last spring frost	24 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 April, 69 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	13 March – 4 September; March outside: 6.5 °C at night, 21.4 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	25 December, 266 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 June – 13 November
Days left for picking	196
Daylight	11:19 on 2 February, 12:22 on 3 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, December, has 5 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Toluca: care after planting

Planted on 3 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

3 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
1 May — 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 Toluca during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, April, averages 22.4 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: June–December (17.3–20 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 4.7 °C to 9.5 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	22.4	7.9	31	9	12:34
May	22.3	9.1	89	15	13:02
June	20	9.5	210	19	13:17
July	17.9	8.8	170	25	13:11
August	18	8.9	184	23	12:48
September	17.9	9.1	224	21	12:16
October	17.9	7.8	104	14	11:43
November	18.2	6.1	36	6	11:14
December	17.3	4.7	18	5	10:59

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Toluca, Pachuca is 56 days earlier and Morelia 15 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Pachuca	135 km	6 February – 21 August	56 days earlier
Morelia	166 km	18 April – 1 September	15 days later
San Luis Potosí	347 km	7 March – 25 August	27 days earlier
Aguascalientes	397 km	8 February – 22 August	54 days earlier
Zacatecas	492 km	21 February – 6 August	41 days earlier
Saltillo	697 km	27 February – 6 August	35 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Toluca

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 April to 4 September (from 13 March to 4 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 12 January to 6 July. Within 15 km of Toluca OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 191 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery and 11 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Alimentos balanceados — farm supply
Calle José María Morelos, 50290 Toluca · 8 km
Super Agroperia Don Tacho — farm supply
Calle Centenario 15, 50226 · 10 km
Alimento para animales — farm supply
Calle Francisco I. Madero, 52220 San Andres Ocotlan · 13 km
Mercado Municipal Benito Juarez — market
Jose Maria Morelos 4, 50900 Almoloya de Juárez, Estado de México · Mon–Sun 11:00–17:00 · 15 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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