When to plant tomatoes in Atlantic City: 24 April – 2 August

In Atlantic City, tomato: sow for seedlings from 10 February to 11 June; plant into a greenhouse from 3 April to 2 August; plant out into open ground from 24 April to 2 August.

Tomato in Atlantic City: soil, season and weather

In Atlantic City the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 29 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 24 April, 26 days later.

Last spring frost	29 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	24 April, 26 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	3 April – 2 August; April outside: 7.9 °C at night, 16.1 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	22 November, 212 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	3 July – 11 October
Days left for picking	142
Daylight	11:23 on 3 March, 13:35 on 24 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 10 rainy days

Tomato in Atlantic City: care after planting

Planted on 24 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

24 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
22 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 Atlantic City during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in July (28.8 °C) and August (27.6 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (13.8 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and October, November (6.2–13.1 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	16.1	7.9	95	10	13:13
May	20.1	13	131	12	14:19
June	25.8	18.6	72	10	14:56
July	28.8	22.5	106	12	14:41
August	27.6	21.5	93	11	13:45
September	24.8	18.7	111	11	12:29
October	19.9	13.1	111	9	11:13
November	13.8	6.2	74	8	10:02

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Atlantic City, Dover is 7 days earlier and Trenton 9 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Philadelphia	92 km	29 April – 22 July	5 days later
Dover	97 km	17 April – 6 August	7 days earlier
Trenton	100 km	3 May – 23 July	9 days later
New York	154 km	3 May – 31 July	9 days later
Allentown	165 km	3 May – 14 July	9 days later
Annapolis	184 km	20 April – 30 July	4 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Atlantic City

Buy plants ready to set out from 24 April to 2 August (from 3 April to 2 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 10 February to 11 June. Within 15 km of Atlantic City OpenStreetMap lists 3 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Casale al Mare — market
5 km
Bellino's Market — market
15 km
WaWa — market
15 km
Produce Junction — farm shop
13 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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