warm season · tender to frost

When to plant eggplant

Eggplant timing depends entirely on your local frost dates. Enter your town to get exact sow, transplant and harvest windows for where you garden.

Growing basics

  • Minimum soil temp: 18°C
  • Days to maturity: 70–85
  • Frost tolerance: tender

Frost strategy

Tender: wait until after your last spring frost (or start indoors and transplant out once the soil warms).