When to plant tomatoes in San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca: 24 July – 8 March

In San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, tomato: sow for seedlings from 12 May to 16 January; plant into a greenhouse from 3 July to 8 March; plant out into open ground from 24 July to 8 March. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Catamarca Agronomia (garden centre, 1 km) and Vivero Caladio (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca: soil, season and weather

In San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 July, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 24 July, 9 days later.

Last spring frost	15 July
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	24 July, 9 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	3 July – 8 March; July outside: 8.1 °C at night, 19.5 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	28 June, 340 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	2 October – 17 May
Days left for picking	270
Daylight	10:26 on 2 June, 10:37 on 24 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 1 rainy day

Tomato in San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca: care after planting

Planted on 24 July: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

24 July — feed: balanced (NPK)
21 August — 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 San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in October–March (28.9–33.2 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in May–September (8.1–13.2 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	19.5	8.1	10	4	10:29
August	23.3	10	5	1	11:05
September	26.7	13.2	14	2	11:54
October	28.9	16.4	34	5	12:44
November	31.7	19.8	40	6	13:31
December	32.6	21.4	68	8	13:56
January	33.2	22.5	92	9	13:45
February	31.7	21.8	80	9	13:04
March	29.3	19.6	63	8	12:17
April	25.5	16.1	45	8	11:25
May	21.1	11.7	30	6	10:43
June	19.3	8.5	16	3	10:20

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Tomato in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant tomato later than San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca; the closest date is in La Rioja, 14 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
La Rioja	148 km	7 August – 23 February	14 days later
San Miguel de Tucumán	193 km	from 16 August	23 days later
Córdoba	362 km	31 August – 23 February	38 days later
Salta	411 km	11 September – 9 March	49 days later
San Juan	432 km	29 August – 28 February	36 days later
Copiapó	463 km	9 August – 3 March	16 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca

Buy plants ready to set out from 24 July to 8 March (from 3 July to 8 March for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 12 May to 16 January. Within 15 km of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 2 plant nurseries and 9 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Vivero Caladio — garden centre
Avenida Felipe Varela 1366, 4707 Santa Rosa · 7 km
Catamarca Agronomia — garden centre
Tucumán 1110, San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca · 1 km
Ramos Generales Mercado — market
Avenida Ocampo 480, 4700 San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca · 1 km
Portal Valle Viejo — market
Sat 09:00–18:00 · 8 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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