When to plant tomatoes in Albuquerque: 12 April – 20 July

In Albuquerque, tomato: sow for seedlings from 29 January to 29 May; plant into a greenhouse from 22 March to 20 July; plant out into open ground from 12 April to 20 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Walmart Garden Center (garden centre, 6 km) and Osuna Nursery (garden centre, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Albuquerque: soil, season and weather

In Albuquerque frost, not soil, sets the date: the top 7 cm of soil warms to 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — around 8 April, 3 days after the last frost on 5 April, so planting waits only for the week after that frost.

Last spring frost	5 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	8 April, 3 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	22 March – 20 July; March outside: 2.8 °C at night, 17.9 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	9 November, 211 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 June – 28 September
Days left for picking	141
Daylight	11:03 on 19 February, 12:57 on 12 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, May, has 4 rainy days

Tomato in Albuquerque: care after planting

Planted on 12 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

12 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
10 May — 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 Albuquerque during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in May–September (27.7–34.4 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (15.1 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and September–November (2.2–15.1 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	23.2	6.8	19	4	13:03
May	27.7	11.8	17	4	13:59
June	33.4	17.7	22	3	14:30
July	34.4	20.3	21	5	14:18
August	32.8	19.1	22	4	13:30
September	29.4	15.1	29	4	12:26
October	22.6	8.8	40	5	11:21
November	15.1	2.2	21	4	10:21

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Albuquerque, El Paso is 36 days earlier and Colorado Springs 31 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Santa Fe (United States)	94 km	27 April – 6 July	15 days later
Las Cruces	308 km	17 March – 4 August	26 days earlier
El Paso	369 km	7 March – 15 August	36 days earlier
Ciudad Juárez	378 km	7 March – 15 August	36 days earlier
Pueblo	398 km	28 April – 8 July	16 days later
Colorado Springs	448 km	13 May – 25 June	31 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Albuquerque

Buy plants ready to set out from 12 April to 20 July (from 22 March to 20 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 29 January to 29 May. Within 15 km of Albuquerque OpenStreetMap lists 15 garden centres, 6 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Osuna Nursery — garden centre
Osuna Road Northeast 501, 87113 Albuquerque · Mon–Sat 09:00–18:00; Sun 09:00–17:00 · 8 km · osunanursery.com
Walmart Garden Center — garden centre
Coors Boulevard Northwest 2550 · 6 km
Jericho Nursery — garden centre
Alameda Boulevard Northwest · 13 km
Walmart Garden Center — garden centre
Coors Boulevard Bypass Northwest 10224 · 14 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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