When to plant bell pepper in Orlando

Where are you growing?

Comfortable

Tight fit in greenhouse

Comfortable in a cold frame

Bell pepper in Orlando is a good fit outdoors. The suitable growing window of 330 days covers the 60–85 days this plant usually needs.

Start indoors: November 20 – January 14
Transplant outside: January 29 – March 25
Harvest: March 30 – June 18
Season vs crop: 330 grow days vs 60–85 needed

Bell pepper in Orlando is a good fit outdoors. The suitable growing window of 330 days covers the 60–85 days this plant usually needs.

Planting conditions

Start indoors
Grow indoors
Harden off
Transplant outside
Grow outdoors
Harvest

Local activity windows for this place and growing method. Blue fill is usually too cold for this plant.

Suitable growing days in a row330

Days to harvest60–85 days from transplant

Nov 20 – Jan 14

Start indoors

Jan 15 – Jan 21

Grow indoors

Jan 22 – Jan 28

Harden off

January 29

Transplant outside

Jan 30 – Mar 29

Grow outdoors

Mar 30 – Jun 18

Harvest

Activity	Window	Notes
Start indoors	Nov 20 – Jan 14	Sow indoors before the outdoor window.
Grow indoors	Jan 15 – Jan 21	Seedlings grow indoors until harden or transplant.
Harden off	Jan 22 – Jan 28	Acclimate seedlings outdoors before planting.
Transplant outside	January 29	Move plants outside on this day (start of the plant-out window).
Grow outdoors	Jan 30 – Mar 29	Plants grow outdoors until harvest.
Harvest	Mar 30 – Jun 18	Expected harvest from typical days to harvest.

Blue fill is usually too cold for this plant. Adjust a week or two for your conditions.

Planting and growing across the year

Planting is the sow / plant-out window. Growing is daytime air versus this plant’s ideal (70 – 84 °F) and tolerable (55 – 95 °F) ranges.

Planting uses sow / plant-out rules (frost, soil germination, night, and last-sow): green when plantable, blue diagonal when nights or soil are too cold, amber cross-hatch when too hot, faint for other calendar limits. Growing shows daytime air against this plant’s ideal and tolerable ranges across the year.

Key dates

Frost-free days365

Earliest indoor seed startNovember 20

Latest indoor seed startJanuary 14

Transplant outdoorsJanuary 29 – March 25

Direct sow windownot recommended here

Suitable growing windowJanuary 29 – December 24 (330 days)

Expected harvestMarch 30 – June 18

How these dates are judged

Ideal conditions: Daytime air from 70 – 84 °F.
Suitable conditions: Daytime air from 55 – 95 °F.
Last frost and first frost: Typical spring and fall frost dates for Orlando, shown in the key dates.
Days to harvest: 60–85 days from transplant, from typical days to harvest.
Sowing window: Dated sow and harvest bars use frost dates, soil minima, night limits, and last-sow count-back from typical crop timing. The year strip and weekly chart use the same window: air ratings only colour weeks inside it.

Growing window for Bell pepper: Jan 29 – Dec 24 (330 days)

Planting window for Bell pepper: Jan 29 – Mar 25 (56 days)

Usually too cold: Jan 5 – Jan 25

Outdoors: weekly temperatures and windows

Temperatures across the year for Orlando. Shaded bands are this plant’s ideal and tolerable daytime air ranges. Growing is daytime air suitability; Planting is sow / plant-out conditions (same colour language). Window brackets mark each stretch.

Ideal range
Tolerable range
Possible min to max
Average min to max
Suitable
Tolerable
Too cold
Too hot

Selected week · tap a week or use the arrows

Week 5 · Jan 26 – Feb 1

Average 52 to 70 °F · Possible 33 to 82 °F

Growing: too cold (inside window)

Planting: suitable

A week is in range when its average low and high sit inside the tolerance band 55 to 95 °F; it is suitable when that average range also overlaps the ideal 70 to 84 °F band and possible readings stay within 32 °F to 95 °F. Crossing a possible limit, or missing the ideal band, makes it tolerable; any chance of frost (possible low below 32 °F) makes it too cold. When a sowing window is calculated, weeks outside that window are uncoloured even if air is in range.

Based on average frost dates.

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Cover method weekly charts

Outdoor weekly chart is above. Open a cover chart only if you grow under fleece, a cold frame, or an unheated greenhouse.

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Calculated by Plan & Plant · Method · Data 2019–2026

Frost and suitability dates are typical figures from climate statistics. Microclimates vary; they are not a guarantee.

How we calculated this

Data: ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo, cell 28.54, -81.38, years 2019–2026 (not a 30-year climate normal yet).
Typical and safer dates: Typical last frost is the date after which half of winters in this sample had no more frost; safer is later in the sample so fewer winters still frosted.
Crop rule: Local windows for Bell pepper from frost dates, temperature ratings, and crop timing rules.
Confidence: Provisional — short or thin sample for this place.
Full methodology (algorithm 2026-10-season-6).

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