GreenlyWhen to plant eggplant in Chelyabinsk
In Chelyabinsk, eggplant: sow seedlings around 1 March for the greenhouse and around 22 March for open ground; plant into a greenhouse around 10 May; plant out into open ground around 31 May.
Last spring frost around 30 April, first autumn frost around 4 October. Frost-free days: 157 days.
The dates follow the Greenly calendar: open ground a week after the last frost once the soil is warm enough for the crop, frost-hardy crops three weeks before it, an unheated greenhouse three weeks earlier, seedlings sown so they are ready on the day. In a cold year allow a week or two more.