When to plant tomatoes in Fayetteville: 10 April – 21 July

In Fayetteville, tomato: sow for seedlings from 27 January to 30 May; plant into a greenhouse from 20 March to 21 July; plant out into open ground from 10 April to 21 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Westwood Gardens (garden centre, 4 km) and Westwood Gardens (garden centre, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Fayetteville: soil, season and weather

In Fayetteville the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 30 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 10 April, 11 days later.

Last spring frost	30 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	10 April, 11 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	20 March – 21 July; March outside: 6.2 °C at night, 17 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	10 November, 214 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	19 June – 29 September
Days left for picking	144
Daylight	10:57 on 17 February, 12:54 on 10 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 7 rainy days

Tomato in Fayetteville: care after planting

Planted on 10 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

10 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
8 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 Fayetteville during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June–September (28.5–31.7 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (15.5 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and October, November (5.8–14.6 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	20.2	9.6	135	11	13:05
May	24.4	14.6	147	14	14:04
June	29.8	19.6	88	11	14:36
July	31.7	21.8	91	11	14:23
August	30.7	21	104	12	13:33
September	28.5	18.1	64	7	12:27
October	22.2	12.2	106	9	11:19
November	15.5	5.8	64	8	10:17

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Fayetteville, Little Rock is 25 days earlier and Jefferson City 13 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Fort Smith	78 km	5 April – 29 July	5 days earlier
Joplin	118 km	11 April – 12 July	1 day later
Tulsa	165 km	6 April – 28 July	4 days earlier
Little Rock	223 km	16 March – 31 July	25 days earlier
Oklahoma City	310 km	23 March – 21 July	18 days earlier
Jefferson City	329 km	23 April – 15 July	13 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Fayetteville

Buy plants ready to set out from 10 April to 21 July (from 20 March to 21 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 27 January to 30 May. Within 15 km of Fayetteville OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop and 1 market (collected 28 October 2026).

Westwood Gardens — garden centre
East Mission Boulevard 2104, 72703 Fayetteville · Mon–Sat 09:00–18:00; Sun 12:00–17:00 · 4 km · westwoodgardens.com
Westwood Gardens — garden centre
West Wedington Drive 4324, 72704 Fayetteville · 09:00–18:00 · 6 km · westwoodgardens.com
White River Nursery — garden centre
East Huntsville Road 5635, 72701 Fayetteville · 7 km · whiterivernursery.com
Garden IQ Organics — garden centre
Main Drive 3133, 72704 Fayetteville · 8 km · gardeniq.com

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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