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).
Eggplant planting dates by location
Tokyo, TokyoLondon, EnglandSydney, New South WalesMelbourne, VictoriaBerlin, BerlinToronto, OntarioOsaka, OsakaNagoya, AichiParis, Île-de-FrancePerth, Western AustraliaSapporo, HokkaidoHamburg, HamburgMontreal, QuebecFukuoka, FukuokaAuckland, AucklandKyoto, KyotoMunich, BavariaAdelaide, South Australia