When to plant eggplants in Valdivia: 11 December – 22 February

In Valdivia, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 21 September to 24 December; plant into a greenhouse from 20 November to 22 February; plant out into open ground from 11 December to 22 February.

Eggplant in Valdivia: soil, season and weather

In Valdivia the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 13 August, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 11 December, 120 days later.

Last spring frost	13 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	11 December, 120 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	20 November – 22 February; November outside: 9.3 °C at night, 17.6 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	13 June, 185 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	19 February – 2 May
Days left for picking	115
Daylight	12:58 on 12 October, 14:56 on 11 December
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, February, has 5 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Valdivia: care after planting

Planted on 11 December: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

11 December — feed: balanced (NPK)
8 January — 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 Valdivia during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, February, averages 22.6 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: March–June and December (11.5–20.1 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 5.6 °C to 12.7 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
December	20.1	11	59	8	14:58
January	21.9	12.2	35	5	14:41
February	22.6	12.7	31	5	13:36
March	19.8	10.9	90	8	12:24
April	16.3	9	154	13	11:04
May	13.7	7.2	198	15	9:58
June	11.5	5.6	316	18	9:22

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Valdivia, Los Ángeles is 18 days earlier and Bariloche 23 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Osorno	85 km	29 December – 10 February	18 days later
Temuco	131 km	9 December – 31 January	2 days earlier
Puerto Montt	186 km	29 December – 14 February	18 days later
Bariloche	222 km	from 3 January	23 days later
Los Ángeles	272 km	23 November – 9 February	18 days earlier
Concepción	332 km	6 December – 21 February	5 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Valdivia

Buy plants ready to set out from 11 December to 22 February (from 20 November to 22 February for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 21 September to 24 December. Within 15 km of Valdivia OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 plant nurseries, 12 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Aka Mercado — market
Avenida Ramón Picarte, Valdivia · 1 km
Feria Costumbrista San Ignacio — market
Ruta T-350, San Ingnacio · 13 km
Vivero La Huella — garden centre
3 km
Parque Kankura — plant nursery
2 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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