When to plant eggplants in Tralee: 26 June – 2 August

In Tralee, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 6 April to 3 June; plant into a greenhouse from 5 June to 2 August; plant out into open ground from 26 June to 2 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Castlemaine Garden Centre (garden centre, 12 km) and Shanahan's Garden Centre (plant nursery, 13 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Tralee: soil, season and weather

In Tralee the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 23 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 26 June, 95 days later.

Last spring frost	23 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	26 June, 95 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	5 June – 2 August; June outside: 11 °C at night, 17 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	22 November, 149 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	4 September – 11 October
Days left for picking	79
Daylight	14:39 on 27 April, 16:46 on 26 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 19 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Tralee: care after planting

Planted on 26 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

26 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
24 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 Tralee during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 18.2 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: June–November (10.8–18.2 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 6.1 °C to 12.7 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	17	11	99	19	16:45
July	18.1	12.5	116	19	16:20
August	18.2	12.7	142	21	14:44
September	16.6	10.9	125	20	12:44
October	13.8	8.9	141	19	10:43
November	10.8	6.1	145	19	8:49

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Eggplant in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant eggplant later than Tralee; the closest date is in Waterford, 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Limerick	84 km	6 July – 1 August	10 days later
Cork	94 km	15 July – 1 August	19 days later
Galway	119 km	13 July – 8 August	17 days later
Kilkenny	171 km	15 July – 31 July	19 days later
Athlone	174 km	13 July – 6 August	17 days later
Waterford	176 km	28 June – 31 July	2 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Tralee

Buy plants ready to set out from 26 June to 2 August (from 5 June to 2 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 6 April to 3 June. Within 15 km of Tralee OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Nolans Tralee — farm supply
1 km
Deelis Farm Shop — farm shop
15 km
Castlemaine Garden Centre — garden centre
Brackhill, Castlemaine · 12 km
Shanahan's Garden Centre — plant nursery
Inchinveema, V93 CH76 Farranfore · 13 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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