When to plant eggplants in Verona: 29 May – 7 August

In Verona, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 9 March to 8 June; plant into a greenhouse from 8 May to 7 August; plant out into open ground from 29 May to 7 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include La Folaga Rossa (farm shop, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Verona: soil, season and weather

In Verona the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 29 May, 74 days later.

Last spring frost	16 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	29 May, 74 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	8 May – 7 August; May outside: 11.6 °C at night, 19.6 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	27 November, 182 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	7 August – 16 October
Days left for picking	112
Daylight	12:39 on 30 March, 15:21 on 29 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 10 rainy days

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

Eggplant in Verona: care after planting

Planted on 29 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

29 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
26 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 Verona during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 27.5 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: May (19.6 °C), October (17.5 °C) and November (11.4 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 4.7 °C to 18.6 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.6	11.6	159	17	14:52
June	25.4	16.8	98	13	15:39
July	27.5	18.6	89	13	15:21
August	27.4	18.5	85	10	14:09
September	22.5	14.2	97	10	12:35
October	17.5	10.1	95	9	11:01
November	11.4	4.7	98	10	9:32

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Verona, Ferrara is 16 days earlier and Trento 21 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Mantua	35 km	14 May – 8 August	15 days earlier
Vicenza	45 km	24 May – 4 August	5 days earlier
Brescia	62 km	15 May – 8 August	14 days earlier
Padua	70 km	15 May – 8 August	14 days earlier
Trento	71 km	19 June – 21 July	21 days later
Ferrara	83 km	13 May – 8 August	16 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Verona

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 May to 7 August (from 8 May to 7 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 9 March to 8 June. Within 15 km of Verona OpenStreetMap lists 9 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 1 market and 7 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

La Folaga Rossa — farm shop
Wed 14:00–17:00; Sat 09:00–13:00; public holidays closed · 4 km
Garden Center Flover — garden centre
13 km
Green Center — garden centre
10 km
Vivai Fontana — garden centre
10 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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