When to plant eggplants in Udine: 23 May – 2 August

In Udine, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 3 March to 3 June; plant into a greenhouse from 2 May to 2 August; plant out into open ground from 23 May to 2 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Farmer's Market (farm shop, 1 km) and Farmer's Market (farm shop, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Udine: soil, season and weather

In Udine the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 25 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 23 May, 59 days later.

Last spring frost	25 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	23 May, 59 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	2 May – 2 August; May outside: 11.6 °C at night, 21.4 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	22 November, 183 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	1 August – 11 October
Days left for picking	113
Daylight	12:21 on 24 March, 15:14 on 23 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 11 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Udine: care after planting

Planted on 23 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

23 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
20 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 Udine during the eggplant season

Days average above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C in July (29.3 °C) and August (29.4 °C). Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: October (19.1 °C) and November (13.3 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 4.9 °C to 18.4 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.4	11.6	192	16	14:56
June	27.2	16.7	125	12	15:44
July	29.3	18.3	103	11	15:25
August	29.4	18.4	143	10	14:12
September	24.2	14.3	212	13	12:36
October	19.1	9.9	166	12	10:59
November	13.3	4.9	185	11	9:29

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Udine, Padua is 8 days earlier and Klagenfurt 41 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Trieste	63 km	5 June – 8 August	13 days later
Treviso	89 km	19 May – 3 August	4 days earlier
Venice	99 km	16 May – 16 August	7 days earlier
Klagenfurt	102 km	3 July – 16 July	41 days later
Padua	129 km	15 May – 8 August	8 days earlier
Vicenza	143 km	24 May – 4 August	1 day later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Udine

Buy plants ready to set out from 23 May to 2 August (from 2 May to 2 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 3 March to 3 June. Within 15 km of Udine OpenStreetMap lists 16 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 4 plant nurseries, 6 markets and 18 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Farmer's Market — market
Sat 08:30–12:30 · 15 km · campagnamica.it
Farmer's Market — market
Fri 15:30–18:00 · 15 km · campagnamica.it
Farmer's Market — farm shop
Mon 08:00–12:00; Thu 15:30–19:30 · 1 km · campagnamica.it
Farmer's Market — farm shop
Wed 08:00–12:00 · 2 km · campagnamica.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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