When to plant tomatoes in Bruges: 16 May – 10 August

In Bruges, tomato: sow for seedlings from 4 March to 19 June; plant into a greenhouse from 25 April to 10 August; plant out into open ground from 16 May to 10 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Groencentrum Brugge (garden centre, 3 km) and Floresco (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Bruges: soil, season and weather

In Bruges 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 16 May, 50 days later.

Last spring frost	27 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	16 May, 50 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	25 April – 10 August; April outside: 5.8 °C at night, 13.3 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	30 November, 198 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	25 July – 19 October
Days left for picking	128
Daylight	12:28 on 25 March, 15:36 on 16 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, May, has 11 rainy days

Tomato in Bruges: care after planting

Planted on 16 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

16 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
13 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 Bruges during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 22 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: October (15.8 °C) and November (10.6 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 5.7 °C to 14.8 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	16.7	9.3	55	11	15:33
June	20.3	12.9	63	11	16:33
July	21.5	14.5	61	12	16:09
August	22	14.8	67	12	14:38
September	19.8	12.7	72	13	12:42
October	15.8	10	82	13	10:46
November	10.6	5.7	90	15	8:56

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Tomato in nearby cities

3 of the nearest cities share Bruges's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ghent	39 km	13 May – 4 August	3 days earlier
Lille	65 km	16 May – 1 August	same day
Antwerp	82 km	10 May – 2 August	6 days earlier
Brussels	89 km	16 May – 2 August	same day
Mons	99 km	16 May – 30 July	same day
Leuven	110 km	10 May – 2 August	6 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Bruges

Buy plants ready to set out from 16 May to 10 August (from 25 April to 10 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 March to 19 June. Within 15 km of Bruges OpenStreetMap lists 12 garden centres, 7 plant nurseries, 1 market and 6 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Groencentrum Brugge — garden centre
Zandstraat 374, 8200 Sint-Andries · Mon 13:30–18:30; Tue–Fri 09:00–18:30; Sat 09:00–18:00; public holidays, Sun 09:30–12:30 · 3 km · groencentrum.be
Handy Home Tuinhobby St Marie — garden centre
Sijselestraat 48A · Mon–Sat 08:30–12:00, 13:30–18:00 · 9 km · tuinhobbystmarie.be
Boomkwekerij Dirk Eekeloo — garden centre
Snellegemstraat 13A, 8490 Jabbeke · Tue–Fri 08:00–12:00, 13:00–18:30; Sat 08:00–12:00, 13:00–18:00 · 11 km · dirkeekeloo.be
Floresco — garden centre
Gistelsteenweg 146;146A, 8490 Jabbeke · 7 km · floresco.be

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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