When to plant tomatoes in Cochabamba: 21 August – 1 March

In Cochabamba, tomato: sow for seedlings from 9 June to 9 January; plant into a greenhouse from 31 July to 1 March; plant out into open ground from 21 August to 1 March. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Vivero Nuevo Amanecer (plant nursery, 2 km) and Asvisa Campo Verde (garden centre, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Cochabamba: soil, season and weather

In Cochabamba frost, not soil, sets the date: the top 7 cm of soil warms to 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — around 28 July, 17 days before the last frost on 14 August, so planting waits only for the week after that frost.

Last spring frost	14 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	28 July, 17 days before the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	31 July – 1 March; July outside: 4.2 °C at night, 20.5 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	21 June, 305 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	30 October – 10 May
Days left for picking	235
Daylight	11:06 on 30 June, 11:36 on 21 August
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 1 rainy day

Tomato in Cochabamba: care after planting

Planted on 21 August: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

21 August — feed: balanced (NPK)
18 September — 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 Cochabamba during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, October, averages 23.2 °C. Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 3.8 °C to 9.5 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
August	21.2	4.8	9	2	11:31
September	22.6	7.5	11	3	11:59
October	23.2	8.8	40	8	12:28
November	22.8	9.5	86	12	12:55
December	20.2	9.3	165	21	13:10
January	19	8.9	227	23	13:03
February	18.1	8.7	241	24	12:40
March	17.9	8.3	174	21	12:13
April	19.5	7.3	43	8	11:43
May	20.6	5.5	8	2	11:18
June	19.8	3.8	2	1	11:06

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Cochabamba, Sucre is 9 days earlier and Potosí 99 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Oruro	118 km	3 October – 8 January	43 days later
Sucre	206 km	12 August – 10 March	9 days earlier
La Paz	234 km	28 October – 29 December	68 days later
Potosí	247 km	from 28 November	99 days later
Puno	446 km	13 October – 3 January	53 days later
Tarija	484 km	3 September – 21 February	13 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Cochabamba

Buy plants ready to set out from 21 August to 1 March (from 31 July to 1 March for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 9 June to 9 January. Within 15 km of Cochabamba OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 10 plant nurseries, 85 markets and 3 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Asvisa Campo Verde — garden centre
Avenida Melchor Pérez de Olguín, Cochabamba · Mon–Sun 08:00–21:00; public holidays closed · 3 km
Jardin Vertical — garden centre
Avenida Suarez Miranda, Quillacollo · 13 km
Vivero Nuevo Amanecer — plant nursery
Avenida Melchor Pérez de Olguín 1456, Cochabamba · Mon–Sat 08:30–06:00; Sun 09:00–13:00 · 2 km
FORMIBOSQUE — plant nursery
Calle William Shakespeare, Cochabamba · 4 km · gobernaciondecochabamba.bo

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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