When to plant tomatoes in El Paso: 7 March – 15 August

In El Paso, tomato: sow for seedlings from 24 December to 24 June; plant into a greenhouse from 14 February to 15 August; plant out into open ground from 7 March to 15 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Vivero los Sotoles (garden centre, 8 km) and Vivero alvij (garden centre, 14 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in El Paso: soil, season and weather

In El Paso frost, not soil, sets the date: the top 7 cm of soil warms to 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — around 4 March, 4 days after the last frost on 28 February, so planting waits only for the week after that frost.

Last spring frost	28 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	4 March, 4 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	14 February – 15 August; February outside: 4 °C at night, 19.1 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	5 December, 273 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	16 May – 24 October
Days left for picking	203
Daylight	10:17 on 14 January, 11:41 on 7 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, April, has 1 rainy day

Tomato in El Paso: care after planting

Planted on 7 March: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

7 March — feed: balanced (NPK)
4 April — 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 El Paso during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in April–October (27.2–36.5 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in March, April and October–December (3.3–13.5 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	23.2	7.9	11	2	11:57
April	27.8	11.9	3	1	12:56
May	32	16.4	3	1	13:46
June	36.5	21.8	24	3	14:13
July	36.3	23.2	28	5	14:02
August	35	22.4	45	6	13:20
September	32.2	19.1	25	5	12:23
October	27.2	13.5	27	4	11:26
November	20.8	7.3	11	3	10:33
December	16.1	3.3	16	3	10:05

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around El Paso, Tucson is 21 days earlier and Santa Fe (United States) 51 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ciudad Juárez	10 km	7 March – 15 August	same day
Las Cruces	67 km	17 March – 4 August	10 days later
Chihuahua	350 km	15 February – 18 August	20 days earlier
Albuquerque	369 km	12 April – 20 July	36 days later
Tucson	422 km	14 February – 28 August	21 days earlier
Santa Fe (United States)	440 km	27 April – 6 July	51 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near El Paso

Buy plants ready to set out from 7 March to 15 August (from 14 February to 15 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 December to 24 June. Within 15 km of El Paso OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres and 8 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Vivero alvij — garden centre
Calle Piña 6023, 32690 · 14 km · facebook.com
Vivero los Sotoles — garden centre
Calle Valentín Fuentes 2060 · 8 km · facebook.com
Invernadero UACJ — garden centre
5 km · facebook.com
Walmart Garden Center — garden centre
10 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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