When to plant tomatoes in Dubbo: 21 September – 27 February

In Dubbo, tomato: sow for seedlings from 10 July to 6 January; plant into a greenhouse from 31 August to 27 February; plant out into open ground from 21 September to 27 February.

Tomato in Dubbo: soil, season and weather

In Dubbo the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 29 July, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 21 September, 54 days later.

Last spring frost	29 July
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	21 September, 54 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	31 August – 27 February; August outside: 5.3 °C at night, 16.4 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	18 June, 271 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	30 November – 7 May
Days left for picking	201
Daylight	10:32 on 31 July, 12:04 on 21 September
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, May, has 5 rainy days

Tomato in Dubbo: care after planting

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

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

21 September — feed: balanced (NPK)
19 October — 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 Dubbo during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in November–March (27.4–33 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: June (15.1 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April–June and September–November (5.4–14.5 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
September	20.5	8	51	6	11:52
October	24.2	11.5	64	7	12:51
November	27.4	14.5	69	8	13:46
December	30.9	17.4	47	6	14:15
January	33	20.1	51	7	14:02
February	31.3	18.5	45	5	13:14
March	28.7	16.9	75	8	12:19
April	23.8	12.4	49	5	11:19
May	18.6	8.2	40	5	10:29
June	15.1	5.4	46	6	10:03

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Tomato in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant tomato later than Dubbo; the closest date is in Albury, 25 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Orange	123 km	20 October – 21 February	29 days later
Canberra	339 km	2 November – 7 February	42 days later
Albury	451 km	16 October – 28 February	25 days later
Bendigo	638 km	21 October – 27 February	30 days later
Melbourne	700 km	21 October – 4 March	30 days later
Ballarat	732 km	14 November – 27 February	54 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Dubbo

Buy plants ready to set out from 21 September to 27 February (from 31 August to 27 February for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 10 July to 6 January. Within 15 km of Dubbo OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 2 farm-supply shops and 1 plant nursery (collected 28 October 2026).

Magnolia Nursery — garden centre
3 km
Old Ganarrin Garden Centre — plant nursery
5 km
Delta Agribusiness — farm supply
3 km
Furneys Stock Feeds — farm supply
2 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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