When to plant tomatoes in Belgorod: 8 May – 30 June

In Belgorod, tomato: sow for seedlings from 24 February to 9 May; plant into a greenhouse from 17 April to 30 June; plant out into open ground from 8 May to 30 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Фермер (farm shop, 3 km) and Розы Белогорья (garden centre, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Belgorod: soil, season and weather

In Belgorod the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 21 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 8 May, 17 days later.

Last spring frost	21 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	8 May, 17 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	17 April – 30 June; April outside: 4.2 °C at night, 14.8 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	20 October, 165 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	17 July – 8 September
Days left for picking	95
Daylight	11:56 on 17 March, 15:07 on 8 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 5 rainy days

Tomato in Belgorod: care after planting

Planted on 8 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

8 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
5 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 Belgorod during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 26.9 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: October (13.2 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in May, June and August–October (5.1–15.7 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.6	9	65	12	15:28
June	24.9	14.3	60	10	16:27
July	26.7	16.2	71	10	16:03
August	26.9	15.7	35	6	14:34
September	20.7	10.5	31	5	12:41
October	13.2	5.1	57	9	10:48

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Belgorod, Kharkiv is 1 day earlier and Kursk 8 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Kharkiv	72 km	7 May – 1 July	1 day earlier
Stary Oskol	118 km	8 May – 2 July	same day
Kursk	129 km	16 May – 1 July	8 days later
Sumy	130 km	15 May – 30 June	7 days later
Poltava	183 km	10 May – 3 July	2 days later
Voronezh	218 km	15 May – 9 July	7 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Belgorod

Buy plants ready to set out from 8 May to 30 June (from 17 April to 30 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 February to 9 May. Within 15 km of Belgorod OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 2 plant nurseries, 4 markets and 10 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Розы Белогорья — garden centre
Рабочая улица 14, 308017 Белгород · 6 km · belrose.ru
Липцы — plant nursery
Mon–Sat 09:00–19:00 · 10 km · liptsy.ru
Рынок "Южный" — market
Mon–Sun 08:00–18:00 · 2 km
Фермер — farm shop
Архиерейская улица 2Б · Mon–Sun, public holidays 08:00–20:00 · 3 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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