When to plant tomatoes in Angers: 5 May – 7 August

In Angers, tomato: sow for seedlings from 21 February to 16 June; plant into a greenhouse from 14 April to 7 August; plant out into open ground from 5 May to 7 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Jardiprix (garden centre, 2 km) and Bioplants France (garden centre, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Angers: soil, season and weather

In Angers the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 5 May, 54 days later.

Last spring frost	12 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	5 May, 54 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	14 April – 7 August; April outside: 6.7 °C at night, 16.4 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	27 November, 206 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	14 July – 16 October
Days left for picking	136
Daylight	11:47 on 14 March, 14:38 on 5 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 7 rainy days

Tomato in Angers: care after planting

Planted on 5 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

5 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
2 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 Angers during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 25.9 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (12.4 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 5.9 °C to 15.5 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20	10.3	68	11	15:05
June	24.1	14.2	65	10	15:56
July	25.8	15.5	40	7	15:36
August	25.9	15.4	39	7	14:18
September	22.6	12.9	52	9	12:37
October	18	10	77	12	10:56
November	12.4	5.9	71	12	9:21

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Angers, La Rochelle is 7 days earlier and Rennes 8 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nantes	80 km	1 May – 9 August	4 days earlier
Le Mans	81 km	8 May – 4 August	3 days later
Tours	94 km	8 May – 7 August	3 days later
Rennes	110 km	13 May – 8 August	8 days later
Poitiers	120 km	7 May – 30 July	2 days later
La Rochelle	153 km	28 April – 22 August	7 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Angers

Buy plants ready to set out from 5 May to 7 August (from 14 April to 7 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 21 February to 16 June. Within 15 km of Angers OpenStreetMap lists 12 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 22 markets and 14 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Bioplants France — garden centre
Chemin de l'Ébeaupin 19, 49130 Les Ponts-de-Cé · Mon–Fri 08:00–13:00, 14:00–17:00 · 4 km · bioplants.fr
Jardiland — garden centre
Mon–Fri 09:30–12:30, 14:00–19:00; Sat 09:30–19:00; Sun 10:00–12:30, 14:30–19:00 · 5 km · jardiland.com
Jardiprix — garden centre
Rue de Malmouche, 49124 Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou · Mon–Sat 10:00–12:30, 14:00–19:00 · 2 km
Sermot — garden centre
09:00–12:00, 14:00–18:30 · 8 km · vente-location-materiel-motoculture.fr

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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