When to plant eggplants in Venice: 16 May – 16 August

In Venice, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 24 February to 17 June; plant into a greenhouse from 25 April to 16 August; plant out into open ground from 16 May to 16 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Azienda Agricola Don Orione (farm shop, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Venice: soil, season and weather

In Venice the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 19 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 16 May, 86 days later.

Last spring frost	19 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	16 May, 86 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	25 April – 16 August; April outside: 9.3 °C at night, 17 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	6 December, 204 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	25 July – 25 October
Days left for picking	134
Daylight	11:58 on 17 March, 14:55 on 16 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 9 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Venice: care after planting

Planted on 16 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

16 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
13 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 Venice during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 28.9 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: October (19.2 °C), November (13.2 °C) and December (9 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 2.4 °C to 20.8 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21	13.7	136	14	14:52
June	26.4	18.9	73	9	15:39
July	28.6	20.7	62	9	15:21
August	28.9	20.8	80	8	14:09
September	24.2	16.6	118	10	12:35
October	19.2	12.1	90	9	11:01
November	13.2	6.7	106	10	9:32
December	9	2.4	64	7	8:45

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Venice, Ferrara is 3 days earlier and Verona 13 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Treviso	27 km	19 May – 3 August	3 days later
Padua	35 km	15 May – 8 August	1 day earlier
Vicenza	62 km	24 May – 4 August	8 days later
Ferrara	87 km	13 May – 8 August	3 days earlier
Udine	99 km	23 May – 2 August	7 days later
Verona	105 km	29 May – 7 August	13 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Venice

Buy plants ready to set out from 16 May to 16 August (from 25 April to 16 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 February to 17 June. Within 15 km of Venice OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 7 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Azienda Agricola Don Orione — farm shop
Via Ghetto 1, 30174 Chirignago · Tue 09:00–12:00; Thu 09:00–12:00; Sat 09:00–12:00 · 12 km
Primula Gialla — garden centre
7 km
Agripiu petrini — farm supply
10 km
Rialto Market — market
0 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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