When to plant tomatoes in Albury: 16 October – 28 February

In Albury, tomato: sow for seedlings from 4 August to 7 January; plant into a greenhouse from 25 September to 28 February; plant out into open ground from 16 October to 28 February.

Tomato in Albury: soil, season and weather

In Albury the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 28 August, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 16 October, 49 days later.

Last spring frost	28 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	16 October, 49 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	25 September – 28 February; September outside: 6.8 °C at night, 16.5 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	19 June, 247 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	25 December – 8 May
Days left for picking	177
Daylight	11:04 on 25 August, 13:00 on 16 October
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, February, has 4 rainy days

Tomato in Albury: care after planting

Planted on 16 October: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

16 October — feed: balanced (NPK)
13 November — 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 Albury during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in December (28 °C), January (30.7 °C) and February (29.3 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: June (12.5 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in March–June and October–December (4.9–15.6 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
October	20.4	9.5	73	9	12:58
November	24	12.7	85	9	14:01
December	28	15.5	65	7	14:35
January	30.7	18.2	69	8	14:20
February	29.3	17	29	4	13:25
March	27	15.6	51	5	12:21
April	21.6	11.1	46	5	11:11
May	16.2	7.3	59	8	10:14
June	12.5	4.9	69	11	9:43

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant tomato later than Albury; the closest date is in Orange, 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Canberra	218 km	2 November – 7 February	17 days later
Bendigo	248 km	21 October – 27 February	5 days later
Melbourne	260 km	21 October – 4 March	5 days later
Ballarat	320 km	14 November – 27 February	29 days later
Geelong	324 km	from 22 October	6 days later
Orange	369 km	20 October – 21 February	4 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Albury

Buy plants ready to set out from 16 October to 28 February (from 25 September to 28 February for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 August to 7 January. Within 15 km of Albury OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 plant nurseries and 2 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Kiewa Street Market — market
Kiewa Street 441 · Sun 08:30–12:00; Mon–Sat closed · 2 km · kiewastreetmarket.com.au
Albury Wodonga Farmers Market — market
Sat 08:00–12:00; Sun–Fri closed · 3 km · alburywodongafarmersmarket.com
Wodonga Sand & Soil — garden centre
8 km
Wodonga Plant Farm — garden centre
9 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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