When to plant tomatoes in Astrakhan: 21 April – 22 July

In Astrakhan, tomato: sow for seedlings from 7 February to 31 May; plant into a greenhouse from 31 March to 22 July; plant out into open ground from 21 April to 22 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Золотая сотка (farm supply, 1 km) and Цветочный рынок (garden centre, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Astrakhan: soil, season and weather

In Astrakhan the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 1 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 21 April, 20 days later.

Last spring frost	1 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	21 April, 20 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	31 March – 22 July; March outside: -0.1 °C at night, 9.5 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	11 November, 204 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	30 June – 30 September
Days left for picking	134
Daylight	11:01 on 28 February, 13:51 on 21 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 2 rainy days

Tomato in Astrakhan: care after planting

Planted on 21 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

21 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
19 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 Astrakhan during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June (31.5 °C), July (34 °C) and August (33.1 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (8.3 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and September–November (1.7–14.1 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	18.8	7.3	25	6	13:32
May	25.1	13.3	34	6	14:58
June	31.5	18.8	19	4	15:47
July	34	21.5	16	3	15:28
August	33.1	20.4	8	2	14:13
September	24.8	14.1	17	3	12:36
October	16.7	7.6	26	5	10:59
November	8.3	1.7	20	5	9:27

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Astrakhan, Aktau is 7 days earlier and Vladikavkaz 41 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Atyrau	304 km	21 April – 12 July	same day
Volgograd	373 km	1 May – 9 July	10 days later
Makhachkala	377 km	25 April – 20 August	4 days later
Aktau	387 km	14 April – 21 July	7 days earlier
Vladikavkaz	454 km	1 June – 2 July	41 days later
Nalchik	471 km	20 May – 14 July	29 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Astrakhan

Buy plants ready to set out from 21 April to 22 July (from 31 March to 22 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 7 February to 31 May. Within 15 km of Astrakhan OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 22 markets and 3 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Цветочный рынок — garden centre
улица Куликова 23А, 414041 Астрахань · 2 km
Золотая сотка — farm supply
Mon–Sun 08:00–17:00 · 1 km
ТРЦ "Ярмарка" — market
Вокзальная площадь 13, 414040 Астрахань · 10:00–22:00 · 2 km · yarmarka-center.ru
Lenta — market
улица Николая Островского 146А, 414057 Астрахань · 24/7 · 2 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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