When to plant tomatoes in Cosenza: 13 May – 10 August

In Cosenza, tomato: sow for seedlings from 1 March to 19 June; plant into a greenhouse from 22 April to 10 August; plant out into open ground from 13 May to 10 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Agri Store (farm supply, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Cosenza: soil, season and weather

In Cosenza the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 10 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 13 May, 33 days later.

Last spring frost	10 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	13 May, 33 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	22 April – 10 August; April outside: 4.9 °C at night, 16.4 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	30 November, 201 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	22 July – 19 October
Days left for picking	131
Daylight	12:12 on 22 March, 14:15 on 13 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 6 rainy days

Tomato in Cosenza: care after planting

Planted on 13 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

13 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
10 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 Cosenza during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in July (28.5 °C) and August (28 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (15.1 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in May, June and August–November (5.6–15.9 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.9	8.9	106	14	14:19
June	25.7	13.7	42	7	14:55
July	28.5	16.3	28	6	14:41
August	28	15.9	54	10	13:44
September	24.1	12.4	81	11	12:29
October	19.8	8.8	97	11	11:13
November	15.1	5.6	192	15	10:03

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Cosenza, Taranto is 36 days earlier and Potenza 16 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Messina	138 km	from 25 April	18 days earlier
Reggio Calabria	142 km	3 May – 29 August	10 days earlier
Potenza	154 km	29 May – 5 August	16 days later
Taranto	155 km	from 7 April	36 days earlier
Salerno	198 km	21 May – 21 August	8 days later
Lecce	201 km	14 April – 7 August	29 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Cosenza

Buy plants ready to set out from 13 May to 10 August (from 22 April to 10 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 March to 19 June. Within 15 km of Cosenza OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery and 1 market (collected 27 October 2026).

Agri Store — farm supply
Via Verticelli 3, 87059 Casali del Manco · Mon–Sun 08:00–12:30, 15:30–19:30 · 7 km · facebook.com
Campagna Amica — market
Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, 87100 Cosenza · Tue–Sun 08:30–13:30; Wed–Fri closed · 1 km · campagnamica.it
Il Giardino — plant nursery
1 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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