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When to plant tomatoes in Italy: 5 April – 2 September

Tomato in Italy: plant out into open ground from 5 April to 2 September; the window opens earliest in Foggia and closes latest in Palermo (40 cities).

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.

Planting window by climate zone

ZoneCitiesWindow
270 frost-free days or moreRome, Milan, Palermo, Venice, Reggio Calabria, Ancona, Lecce, Rimini, Foggia, Salerno, Pescara, Ravenna, Mantua5 April – 2 September
210–269 frost-free daysTurin, Genoa, Bologna, Florence, Verona, Padua, Trieste, Brescia, Parma, Modena, Perugia, Bolzano, Ferrara, Bergamo, Trento, Vicenza, Pisa, Piacenza, Novara, Arezzo, Udine, Treviso, Como, Cosenza, Potenza, Siena14 April – 11 August
150–209 frost-free daysL'Aquila10 June – 23 July
Short season: under 150 frost-free daysAostafrom 4 July
Frost without a regular seasonBari, Catania, Messina, Taranto, Livornofrom 19 April

Tomato: the window in each city

CityWindowZone
Cataniafrom 25 MarchFrost without a regular season
Foggia5 April – 30 August270 frost-free days or more
Tarantofrom 7 AprilFrost without a regular season
Ferrara14 April – 8 August210–269 frost-free days
Lecce14 April – 7 August270 frost-free days or more
Rome14 April – 20 August270 frost-free days or more
Milan15 April – 10 August270 frost-free days or more
Turin16 April – 31 July210–269 frost-free days
Piacenza17 April – 11 August210–269 frost-free days
Bologna18 April – 9 August210–269 frost-free days
Novara18 April – 2 August210–269 frost-free days
Barifrom 19 AprilFrost without a regular season
Mantua19 April – 8 August270 frost-free days or more
Modena19 April – 10 August210–269 frost-free days
Ancona20 April – 21 August270 frost-free days or more
Livornofrom 20 AprilFrost without a regular season
Padua20 April – 8 August210–269 frost-free days
Pescara20 April – 20 August270 frost-free days or more
Venice20 April – 16 August270 frost-free days or more
Parma22 April – 9 August210–269 frost-free days
Siena22 April – 7 August210–269 frost-free days
Brescia23 April – 8 August210–269 frost-free days
Ravenna23 April – 22 August270 frost-free days or more
Messinafrom 25 AprilFrost without a regular season
Rimini25 April – 22 August270 frost-free days or more
Treviso27 April – 3 August210–269 frost-free days
Udine29 April – 2 August210–269 frost-free days
Como30 April – 3 August210–269 frost-free days
Vicenza30 April – 4 August210–269 frost-free days
Bolzano2 May – 27 July210–269 frost-free days
Florence3 May – 7 August210–269 frost-free days
Reggio Calabria3 May – 29 August270 frost-free days or more
Verona3 May – 7 August210–269 frost-free days
Perugia9 May – 5 August210–269 frost-free days
Bergamo11 May – 29 July210–269 frost-free days
Cosenza13 May – 10 August210–269 frost-free days
Palermo13 May – 2 September270 frost-free days or more
Trieste18 May – 8 August210–269 frost-free days
Salerno21 May – 21 August270 frost-free days or more
Arezzo23 May – 1 August210–269 frost-free days
Potenza29 May – 5 August210–269 frost-free days
Genoa30 May – 6 August210–269 frost-free days
Pisa30 May – 29 July210–269 frost-free days
Trento1 June – 21 July210–269 frost-free days
L'Aquila10 June – 23 July150–209 frost-free days
Aostafrom 4 JulyShort season: under 150 frost-free days