When to plant eggplant in Kropyvnytskyi
In Kropyvnytskyi, eggplant: sow seedlings around 24 February for the greenhouse and around 17 March for open ground; plant into a greenhouse around 5 May; plant out into open ground around 26 May.
Last spring frost around 7 April, first autumn frost around 7 November. Frost-free days: 214 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.