When to plant tomatoes in Brescia: 23 April – 8 August

In Brescia, tomato: sow for seedlings from 9 February to 17 June; plant into a greenhouse from 2 April to 8 August; plant out into open ground from 23 April to 8 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Vivaio Volta (garden centre, 3 km) and Vivai Loda (garden centre, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Brescia: soil, season and weather

In Brescia the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 23 April, 34 days later.

Last spring frost	20 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	23 April, 34 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	2 April – 8 August; April outside: 7.9 °C at night, 17.8 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	28 November, 219 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	2 July – 17 October
Days left for picking	149
Daylight	11:10 on 2 March, 13:54 on 23 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, April, has 11 rainy days

Tomato in Brescia: care after planting

Planted on 23 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

23 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
21 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 Brescia during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June (27.1 °C), July (29 °C) and August (28.9 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (12.1 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and September–November (4.9–14.7 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	17.8	7.9	96	11	13:30
May	21.2	12.1	158	18	14:53
June	27.1	17.3	111	12	15:40
July	29	19	113	12	15:21
August	28.9	19	119	11	14:09
September	23.7	14.7	125	10	12:35
October	18.5	10.6	110	10	11:00
November	12.1	4.9	108	11	9:32

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Brescia, Milan is 8 days earlier and Bergamo 18 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bergamo	46 km	11 May – 29 July	18 days later
Verona	62 km	3 May – 7 August	10 days later
Mantua	62 km	19 April – 8 August	4 days earlier
Piacenza	68 km	17 April – 11 August	6 days earlier
Milan	80 km	15 April – 10 August	8 days earlier
Parma	83 km	22 April – 9 August	1 day earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Brescia

Buy plants ready to set out from 23 April to 8 August (from 2 April to 8 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 9 February to 17 June. Within 15 km of Brescia OpenStreetMap lists 16 garden centres, 5 plant nurseries, 5 markets and 19 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Vivaio Volta — garden centre
Via Borgosatollo 18A · Tue–Sat 08:30–12:30, 14:30–19:30; Mon, Sun 09:00–12:30, 14:30–19:00 · 3 km · vivaiovoltabrescia.com
Vivaio Valverde — garden centre
Via Casella 49, 25045 Castegnato · Mon–Sat 09:00–19:00; Sun closed · 7 km
Vivai Loda — garden centre
Via Attico 29, 25060 Cellatica · 5 km · vivailoda.it
Vivai Tameni — garden centre
Via Maddalena 190, 25075 Nave · 6 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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