When to plant eggplants in Trento: 19 June – 21 July

In Trento, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 30 March to 22 May; plant into a greenhouse from 29 May to 21 July; plant out into open ground from 19 June to 21 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Fratelli Zanotelli (farm supply, 1 km) and Ciba (farm supply, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Trento: soil, season and weather

In Trento the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 4 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 19 June, 76 days later.

Last spring frost	4 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	19 June, 76 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	29 May – 21 July; May outside: 8.6 °C at night, 16.7 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	10 November, 144 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	28 August – 29 September
Days left for picking	74
Daylight	13:47 on 20 April, 15:46 on 19 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 11 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Trento: care after planting

Planted on 19 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

19 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
17 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 Trento during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 24.5 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: September (19.6 °C), October (14.8 °C) and November (7.9 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 1 °C to 15.4 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.4	13.7	97	15	15:44
July	24.2	15.3	93	15	15:25
August	24.5	15.4	88	12	14:12
September	19.6	11.1	86	11	12:36
October	14.8	6.9	123	10	10:59
November	7.9	1	110	10	9:29

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Eggplant in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant eggplant earlier than Trento; the closest date is in Bolzano, 21 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bolzano	51 km	29 May – 27 July	21 days earlier
Vicenza	67 km	24 May – 4 August	26 days earlier
Verona	71 km	29 May – 7 August	21 days earlier
Brescia	92 km	15 May – 8 August	35 days earlier
Padua	94 km	15 May – 8 August	35 days earlier
Treviso	97 km	19 May – 3 August	31 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Trento

Buy plants ready to set out from 19 June to 21 July (from 29 May to 21 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 30 March to 22 May. Within 15 km of Trento OpenStreetMap lists 17 garden centres, 6 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries, 3 markets and 11 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Colonna Vasi - negozio arredamento da giardino — garden centre
Via Trento 103, 38017 Mezzolombardo · 15 km
Vivaio Longo Stefano — plant nursery
14:00–18:00 · 3 km
Fratelli Zanotelli — farm supply
Via San Daniele Comboni 5, 38122 · 1 km · zanottifratelli.it
Ciba — farm supply
Via Ezio Maccani 191a, 38121 Trento · 3 km · cibagricoltura.it

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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