When to plant tomatoes in Eskişehir: 29 April – 15 July

In Eskişehir, tomato: sow for seedlings from 15 February to 24 May; plant into a greenhouse from 8 April to 15 July; plant out into open ground from 29 April to 15 July.

Tomato in Eskişehir: soil, season and weather

In Eskişehir the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 13 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 29 April, 16 days later.

Last spring frost	13 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	29 April, 16 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	8 April – 15 July; April outside: 4.5 °C at night, 18.1 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	4 November, 189 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	8 July – 23 September
Days left for picking	119
Daylight	11:35 on 8 March, 13:48 on 29 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

Tomato in Eskişehir: care after planting

Planted on 29 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

29 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
27 May — 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 Eskişehir during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in July (30.3 °C) and August (30.8 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (13.9 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 2.4 °C to 15.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	18.1	4.5	40	9	13:14
May	21.9	8.6	60	11	14:21
June	26.3	12.9	37	9	14:58
July	30.3	15.2	12	3	14:44
August	30.8	15.9	12	3	13:46
September	26.3	12	12	4	12:30
October	19.9	7.3	21	4	11:12
November	13.9	2.4	34	6	10:01

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Tomato in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Eskişehir's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bursa	133 km	29 April – 16 August	same day
Istanbul	190 km	28 April – 5 September	1 day earlier
Ankara	201 km	28 April – 14 July	1 day earlier
Konya	272 km	21 April – 20 July	8 days earlier
Antalya	321 km	2 April – 8 September	27 days earlier
Izmir	329 km	28 April – 17 August	1 day earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Eskişehir

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 April to 15 July (from 8 April to 15 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 15 February to 24 May. Within 15 km of Eskişehir OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop, 16 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Uluönder Kapalı Pazarı — market
Yeşim Sokak 2, 26190 · Thu 07:00–18:00 · 4 km
Yenikent Pazarı — market
Şehit Yzb. T.Güngör Caddesi, 26050 Eskişehir · Sat · 2 km
Salı Pazarı — market
Tue 09:00–19:00 · 4 km
Çamlıca Kapalı Pazaryeri — market
Sat 08:00–20:00 · 5 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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