When to plant tomatoes in Foggia: 5 April – 30 August

In Foggia, tomato: sow for seedlings from 22 January to 9 July; plant into a greenhouse from 15 March to 30 August; plant out into open ground from 5 April to 30 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Garden Piccolo Giardino (garden centre, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Foggia: soil, season and weather

In Foggia the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 5 April, 49 days later.

Last spring frost	15 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	5 April, 49 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	15 March – 30 August; March outside: 6.6 °C at night, 16.9 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	20 December, 259 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	14 June – 8 November
Days left for picking	189
Daylight	10:29 on 12 February, 12:51 on 5 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

Tomato in Foggia: care after planting

Planted on 5 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

5 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
3 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 Foggia during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June–September (28.8–35.2 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: December (14.4 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and October–December (5.6–14.1 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	21.2	9.5	41	8	13:18
May	25.5	14.1	62	10	14:30
June	32.3	19.7	30	6	15:10
July	35.2	22.2	17	3	14:54
August	34.3	22	25	5	13:52
September	28.8	18	47	6	12:31
October	23.8	13.7	51	7	11:09
November	18.3	9.6	92	12	9:53
December	14.4	5.6	43	7	9:12

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Tomato in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant tomato later than Foggia; the closest date is in Taranto, 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Potenza	94 km	29 May – 5 August	54 days later
Salerno	108 km	21 May – 21 August	46 days later
Bari	117 km	from 19 April	14 days later
Pescara	158 km	20 April – 20 August	15 days later
Taranto	181 km	from 7 April	2 days later
L'Aquila	204 km	10 June – 23 July	66 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Foggia

Buy plants ready to set out from 5 April to 30 August (from 15 March to 30 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 22 January to 9 July. Within 15 km of Foggia OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop, 5 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Garden Piccolo Giardino — garden centre
Via Cerignola 37, 71122 Foggia · 3 km
Mercato Rionale Candelaro — market
Piazza Padre Eugenio Caldarazzo, 71122 Foggia · 2 km
Dragoni Ricambi — farm supply
2 km
Piazza Mercato — market
1 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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