When to plant eggplants in York: 26 June – 25 July

In York, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 6 April to 26 May; plant into a greenhouse from 5 June to 25 July; plant out into open ground from 26 June to 25 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Vertigrow Nursery (plant nursery, 6 km) and Primrose Bank Nursery (plant nursery, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in York: soil, season and weather

In York the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 26 June, 75 days later.

Last spring frost	12 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	26 June, 75 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	5 June – 25 July; June outside: 10.5 °C at night, 19 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	14 November, 141 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	4 September – 3 October
Days left for picking	71
Daylight	14:49 on 27 April, 17:07 on 26 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 13 rainy days

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

Eggplant in York: care after planting

Planted on 26 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

26 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
24 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 York during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 20.8 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: June–November (9.7–20.8 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 4.1 °C to 12.4 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	19	10.5	71	12	17:06
July	20.8	12.4	83	15	16:38
August	20.4	12.3	69	12	14:55
September	17.9	10.2	78	13	12:46
October	14.1	7.7	81	14	10:38
November	9.7	4.1	66	13	8:35

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Eggplant in nearby cities

Around York, Leeds is 1 day earlier and Sheffield 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Leeds	36 km	25 June – 3 August	1 day earlier
Bradford	48 km	27 June – 29 July	1 day later
Hull	54 km	27 June – 4 August	1 day later
Sheffield	69 km	29 June – 2 August	3 days later
Lincoln (United Kingdom)	89 km	25 June – 30 July	1 day earlier
Manchester	93 km	28 June – 25 July	2 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near York

Buy plants ready to set out from 26 June to 25 July (from 5 June to 25 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 6 April to 26 May. Within 15 km of York OpenStreetMap lists 11 garden centres, 11 plant nurseries, 1 market and 3 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Vertigrow Nursery — plant nursery
Malton Road, YO32 9TL York · 6 km
Primrose Bank Nursery — plant nursery
Dauby Lane, YO41 5LH York · 9 km
Stillingfleet Lodge Nursery — plant nursery
Apr–Sept: Wed 13:00–17:00, Fri 13:00–17:00, Sat[1] 13:00–17:00; Sun[1] 13:00–17:00 · 11 km
M & M Wood Ltd — plant nursery
Storking Lane · 13 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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