When to plant tomatoes in Ensenada: 23 February – 24 August

In Ensenada, tomato: sow for seedlings from 12 December to 3 July; plant into a greenhouse from 2 February to 24 August; plant out into open ground from 23 February to 24 August.

Tomato in Ensenada: soil, season and weather

In Ensenada frost, not soil, sets the date: the top 7 cm of soil warms to 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — around 12 February, 4 days before the last frost on 16 February, so planting waits only for the week after that frost.

Last spring frost	16 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	12 February, 4 days before the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	2 February – 24 August; February outside: 7.4 °C at night, 18.4 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	14 December, 294 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	4 May – 2 November
Days left for picking	224
Daylight	10:07 on 2 January, 11:18 on 23 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 0 rainy days

Tomato in Ensenada: care after planting

Planted on 23 February: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

23 February — feed: balanced (NPK)
23 March — 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 Ensenada during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in July (27.1 °C), August (28.3 °C) and September (27.2 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in February–June and October–December (7.4–15.4 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
February	18.4	7.4	56	6	11:03
March	18.1	8.5	65	8	11:57
April	20.4	11	17	3	12:57
May	20.6	12.3	14	3	13:46
June	24.4	15.4	1	0	14:13
July	27.1	18.2	1	0	14:03
August	28.3	19.5	6	0	13:20
September	27.2	18.4	14	2	12:24
October	25.5	14.7	6	2	11:26
November	22.3	10.6	29	3	10:33
December	19.1	8.1	48	6	10:05

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Ensenada, Phoenix is 12 days earlier and Santa Barbara 47 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Riverside	243 km	24 February – 29 August	1 day later
Santa Barbara	405 km	11 April – 25 August	47 days later
Bakersfield	449 km	16 March – 24 August	21 days later
Phoenix	459 km	11 February – 8 September	12 days earlier
Las Vegas	497 km	13 March – 22 August	18 days later
Tucson	536 km	14 February – 28 August	9 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Ensenada

Buy plants ready to set out from 23 February to 24 August (from 2 February to 24 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 12 December to 3 July. Within 15 km of Ensenada OpenStreetMap lists 3 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Los Globos — market
Calle 9na · 0 km
Mayorista Ambar — market
2 km
Mercado Negro — market
3 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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