When to plant tomatoes in Evansville: 16 April – 21 July

In Evansville, tomato: sow for seedlings from 2 February to 30 May; plant into a greenhouse from 26 March to 21 July; plant out into open ground from 16 April to 21 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Kiwi's Garden Center (garden centre, 2 km) and Benton’s Garden Center (garden centre, 14 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Evansville: soil, season and weather

In Evansville the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 2 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 16 April, 14 days later.

Last spring frost	2 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	16 April, 14 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	26 March – 21 July; March outside: 4.6 °C at night, 15 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	10 November, 208 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	25 June – 29 September
Days left for picking	138
Daylight	11:06 on 23 February, 13:12 on 16 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 8 rainy days

Tomato in Evansville: care after planting

Planted on 16 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

16 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
14 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 Evansville during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June–September (27.8–31 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (13.5 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and October, November (4.4–14.8 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	19.8	8.9	132	12	13:10
May	24.7	14.8	110	14	14:13
June	29.6	19.6	94	10	14:47
July	31	21.9	104	12	14:34
August	29.8	20.7	77	10	13:40
September	27.8	17.8	77	7	12:28
October	21.4	11.6	95	8	11:16
November	13.5	4.4	74	8	10:09

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Evansville, Nashville is 8 days earlier and Indianapolis 18 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bowling Green	148 km	11 April – 21 July	5 days earlier
Louisville	159 km	16 April – 22 July	same day
Nashville	214 km	8 April – 25 July	8 days earlier
Indianapolis	233 km	4 May – 17 July	18 days later
Frankfort	236 km	22 April – 14 July	6 days later
St. Louis	242 km	18 April – 15 July	2 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Evansville

Buy plants ready to set out from 16 April to 21 July (from 26 March to 21 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 2 February to 30 May. Within 15 km of Evansville OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres and 1 market (collected 28 October 2026).

Benton’s Garden Center — garden centre
US Highway 60 East 3000, 42420 Henderson · Mon–Fri 09:00–17:30; Sat 09:00–16:00; Sun closed · 14 km · bentonsgardencenterandsweetpeasgiftshop.com
Kiwi's Garden Center — garden centre
North 1st Avenue 100, 47710 Evansville · 2 km
Town Center North — market
East Diamond Avenue 580, 47711 · Mon–Sat 09:00–20:00 · 2 km
Goebel Farms — garden centre
15 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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