When to plant tomatoes in Ancona: 20 April – 21 August

In Ancona, tomato: sow for seedlings from 6 February to 30 June; plant into a greenhouse from 30 March to 21 August; plant out into open ground from 20 April to 21 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Consorzio Agrario Provinciale Ancona (farm supply, 2 km) and Ciavattini Garden (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Ancona: soil, season and weather

In Ancona the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 20 April, 63 days later.

Last spring frost	16 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	20 April, 63 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	30 March – 21 August; March outside: 5.5 °C at night, 14.4 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	11 December, 235 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	29 June – 30 October
Days left for picking	165
Daylight	11:04 on 27 February, 13:38 on 20 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 6 rainy days

Tomato in Ancona: care after planting

Planted on 20 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

20 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
18 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 Ancona during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June (27.9 °C), July (30.4 °C) and August (30.3 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (15.6 °C) and December (12.1 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and October–December (4.5–12.9 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	17.7	8.4	55	9	13:24
May	21.8	12.9	86	12	14:42
June	27.9	18.2	44	6	15:25
July	30.4	20.3	40	6	15:08
August	30.3	20.4	44	6	14:01
September	25.4	16.2	76	9	12:33
October	20.9	12.3	61	8	11:05
November	15.6	8.1	86	11	9:42
December	12.1	4.5	68	9	8:58

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Tomato in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Ancona's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Rimini	91 km	25 April – 22 August	5 days later
San Marino	93 km	25 April – 22 August	5 days later
Perugia	108 km	9 May – 5 August	19 days later
Arezzo	133 km	23 May – 1 August	33 days later
Ravenna	137 km	23 April – 22 August	3 days later
Pescara	140 km	20 April – 20 August	same day

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Ancona

Buy plants ready to set out from 20 April to 21 August (from 30 March to 21 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 6 February to 30 June. Within 15 km of Ancona OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop and 5 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Ciavattini Garden — garden centre
Strada Frazione Varano 279, 60131 Ancona · 7 km · ciavattinigarden.it
Garden Claudia — garden centre
Via Clementina 19 · 13 km
Consorzio Agrario Provinciale Ancona — farm supply
Via Loreto 15, 60126 Ancona · 2 km
Mercato delle Erbe — market
07:30–12:45, 16:30–19:30; Mar Sun[–1]–Oct Sun[–1]: 07:30–12:45, 17:00–20:00; Sun closed · 1 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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