When to plant tomatoes in Frankfort: 22 April – 14 July

In Frankfort, tomato: sow for seedlings from 8 February to 23 May; plant into a greenhouse from 1 April to 14 July; plant out into open ground from 22 April to 14 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Buckmeadow Farms (farm shop, 14 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Frankfort: soil, season and weather

In Frankfort the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 22 April, 10 days later.

Last spring frost	12 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	22 April, 10 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	1 April – 14 July; April outside: 7.5 °C at night, 18.9 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	3 November, 195 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	1 July – 22 September
Days left for picking	125
Daylight	11:20 on 1 March, 13:26 on 22 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 8 rainy days

Tomato in Frankfort: care after planting

Planted on 22 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

22 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
20 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 Frankfort during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June–September (27.2–30.3 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (13.2 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and October, November (3.5–13.2 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	18.9	7.5	134	13	13:10
May	23.8	13.2	122	15	14:14
June	28.6	17.6	111	13	14:48
July	30.3	20.1	129	14	14:35
August	29.4	19	89	12	13:40
September	27.2	16.2	81	8	12:28
October	20.9	10.3	88	9	11:15
November	13.2	3.5	85	9	10:08

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Frankfort, Bowling Green is 11 days earlier and Dayton 12 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Lexington	41 km	28 April – 18 July	6 days later
Louisville	78 km	16 April – 22 July	6 days earlier
Cincinnati	108 km	22 April – 20 July	same day
Dayton	183 km	4 May – 20 July	12 days later
Bowling Green	194 km	11 April – 21 July	11 days earlier
Indianapolis	207 km	4 May – 17 July	12 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Frankfort

Buy plants ready to set out from 22 April to 14 July (from 1 April to 14 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 8 February to 23 May. Within 15 km of Frankfort OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery, 2 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Franklin County Farmers Market Shelter — market
Holmes Street 203, 40601 Frankfort · Apr–Nov Sat 08:30–12:00; May–Sept Tue 08:30–12:00 · 0 km · franklincountyfarmersmarket.org
Old Farmer's Market shelter — market
West Broadway Street 512, 40601 Frankfort · 1 km
Buckmeadow Farms — farm shop
Ninevah Road 1323, 40342 · Sat 10:00–19:00; Sun 00:00–17:00 · 14 km · buckmeadowfarms.com
Wilson Nursery — plant nursery
2 km · wilsonnurseriesky.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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