When to plant tomatoes in Bolzano: 2 May – 27 July

In Bolzano, tomato: sow for seedlings from 18 February to 5 June; plant into a greenhouse from 11 April to 27 July; plant out into open ground from 2 May to 27 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include L. Platter (garden centre, 0 km) and Gärtnerei - Fioricultura Josef Kircher (garden centre, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Bolzano: soil, season and weather

In Bolzano the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 27 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 2 May, 36 days later.

Last spring frost	27 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	2 May, 36 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	11 April – 27 July; April outside: 7.1 °C at night, 18.8 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	16 November, 198 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	11 July – 5 October
Days left for picking	128
Daylight	11:37 on 11 March, 14:24 on 2 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 10 rainy days

Tomato in Bolzano: care after planting

Planted on 2 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

2 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
30 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 Bolzano during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June (28.1 °C), July (29.6 °C) and August (29.6 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (12.4 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in May and September–November (3.1–14.2 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.9	11.9	129	16	14:59
June	28.1	16.7	105	14	15:48
July	29.6	18	118	13	15:29
August	29.6	18	120	11	14:14
September	24.5	14.2	103	12	12:36
October	19.5	9.2	121	11	10:58
November	12.4	3.1	98	10	9:26

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Bolzano, Padua is 12 days earlier and Innsbruck 39 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Trento	51 km	1 June – 21 July	30 days later
Innsbruck	86 km	10 June – 17 June	39 days later
Vicenza	107 km	30 April – 4 August	2 days earlier
Treviso	115 km	27 April – 3 August	5 days earlier
Verona	121 km	3 May – 7 August	1 day later
Padua	128 km	20 April – 8 August	12 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Bolzano

Buy plants ready to set out from 2 May to 27 July (from 11 April to 27 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 18 February to 5 June. Within 15 km of Bolzano OpenStreetMap lists 18 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries, 3 markets and 16 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Landwirtschaftliche Hauptgenossenschaft - Consorzio agrario — garden centre
Umfahrungsstraße - Strada di Circonvallazione 23, 39057 Eppan an der Weinstraße - Appiano sulla Strada del Vino · Mon–Fri 08:00–12:00, 15:00–18:30; Sat 08:00–12:00; Mar–Aug Mon–Fri 07:30–12:00, 15:00–18:30; Mar–Aug Sat 07:30–12:00; public holidays closed; Jun 02 Mon–Fri 07:30–12:00, 15:00–18:30; Jun 02 Sat 07:30–12:00 · 8 km · gartenmarkt.it
L. Platter — garden centre
Via dei Vanga - Wangergasse 95, 39100 · Mon–Sat 08:00–12:00, Mon–Fri 14:00–18:00 · 0 km · platter.bz
Schullian — garden centre
Via Merano - Meraner Straße 75a, 39100 Bolzano - Bozen · Mon–Fri 08:00–12:30, 14:30–18:30; Sat 08:00–12:30 · 3 km · schullian.it
Gärtnerei - Fioricultura Josef Kircher — garden centre
Via Maso della Pieve - Pfarrhofstraße 7b, 39100 Bolzano - Bozen · 3 km · kircher.it

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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