When to plant tomatoes in Albany: 19 May – 17 July

In Albany, tomato: sow for seedlings from 7 March to 26 May; plant into a greenhouse from 28 April to 17 July; plant out into open ground from 19 May to 17 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Organica (garden centre, 3 km) and Constantine Garden Center (garden centre, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Albany: soil, season and weather

In Albany the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 17 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 19 May, 32 days later.

Last spring frost	17 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	19 May, 32 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	28 April – 17 July; April outside: 3.4 °C at night, 14.3 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	6 November, 171 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	28 July – 25 September
Days left for picking	101
Daylight	12:30 on 28 March, 14:44 on 19 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 10 rainy days

Tomato in Albany: care after planting

Planted on 19 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Feeding, by the card’s schedule from that day:

19 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
16 June — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of tomato to watch for:

Dates count from the first planting day of the window above; a later planting moves them by as many days.

Weather in Albany during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in July (29 °C) and August (27.4 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (9 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in May, June and September–November (1–14.8 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21	9.7	98	12	14:36
June	25.8	14.8	92	12	15:18
July	29	18.5	126	13	15:02
August	27.4	17.4	104	12	13:57
September	23.8	13.8	93	8	12:32
October	17.2	8.1	122	11	11:07
November	9	1	89	10	9:47

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Albany, New Haven is 2 days earlier and Concord 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Hartford	133 km	19 May – 19 July	same day
New Haven	164 km	17 May – 23 July	2 days earlier
Worcester (United States)	166 km	20 May – 19 July	1 day later
Concord	191 km	22 May – 11 July	3 days later
Manchester (United States)	191 km	20 May – 13 July	1 day later
Syracuse (United States)	199 km	22 May – 17 July	3 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Albany

Buy plants ready to set out from 19 May to 17 July (from 28 April to 17 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 7 March to 26 May. Within 15 km of Albany OpenStreetMap lists 11 garden centres, 7 markets and 3 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Organica — garden centre
Central Avenue 484, 12206 Albany · 3 km · organicagardensupply.com
Constantine Garden Center — garden centre
Albany Shaker Road 566, 12211 Loudonville · 8 km · constantinefarms.com
Patroon Nursery — garden centre
West Sand Lake Road 500, 12198 Wynantskill · 12 km · patroonnursery.com
Hewitt's Garden Center — garden centre
Western Avenue 1969, 12203 Albany · 11 km

Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

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