When to plant tomatoes in Bursa: 29 April – 16 August

In Bursa, tomato: sow for seedlings from 15 February to 25 June; plant into a greenhouse from 8 April to 16 August; plant out into open ground from 29 April to 16 August.

Tomato in Bursa: soil, season and weather

In Bursa the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 21 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 29 April, 39 days later.

Last spring frost	21 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	29 April, 39 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	8 April – 16 August; April outside: 7.5 °C at night, 18.6 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	6 December, 221 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	8 July – 25 October
Days left for picking	151
Daylight	11:35 on 8 March, 13:49 on 29 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 4 rainy days

Tomato in Bursa: care after planting

Planted on 29 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

29 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
27 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 Bursa during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June–September (27.3–31.3 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: December (12.3 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and October–December (4.2–11.7 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	18.6	7.5	79	10	13:15
May	22.9	11.7	77	11	14:23
June	27.8	16.5	55	8	15:01
July	31.1	18.9	30	4	14:46
August	31.3	19.4	20	4	13:48
September	27.3	16	37	6	12:30
October	21.4	11.2	65	8	11:12
November	17	7.4	79	9	9:59
December	12.3	4.2	120	13	9:20

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Tomato in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Bursa's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Istanbul	90 km	28 April – 5 September	1 day earlier
Eskişehir	133 km	29 April – 15 July	same day
Izmir	258 km	28 April – 17 August	1 day earlier
Ankara	325 km	28 April – 14 July	1 day earlier
Konya	394 km	21 April – 20 July	8 days earlier
Antalya	395 km	2 April – 8 September	27 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Bursa

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 April to 16 August (from 8 April to 16 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 15 February to 25 June. Within 15 km of Bursa OpenStreetMap lists 17 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Yunuseli Pazar Yeri — market
Fri–Fri 08:00–21:00 · 7 km
Bağlarbaşı-Hamirler Yaş Sebze-Meyve Pazarı — market
Perşembe, Cumartesi · 8 km
Cumhuriyet Pazar Alani — market
Wed, Fri 08:30–19:30; Mon–Tue, Thu, Sat–Sun closed · 8 km
Market square — market
14 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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