When to plant tomatoes in Freiburg im Breisgau: 13 May – 27 July

In Freiburg im Breisgau, tomato: sow for seedlings from 1 March to 5 June; plant into a greenhouse from 22 April to 27 July; plant out into open ground from 13 May to 27 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Blumen-Böttcher (garden centre, 3 km) and Dehner (garden centre, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Freiburg im Breisgau: soil, season and weather

In Freiburg im Breisgau 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 13 May, 31 days later.

Last spring frost	12 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	13 May, 31 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	22 April – 27 July; April outside: 4.9 °C at night, 15.4 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	16 November, 187 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	22 July – 5 October
Days left for picking	117
Daylight	12:15 on 22 March, 15:04 on 13 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 11 rainy days

Tomato in Freiburg im Breisgau: care after planting

Planted on 13 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

13 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
10 June — 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 Freiburg im Breisgau during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 25.5 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (9.6 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 3.1 °C to 15.4 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19	9	109	14	15:09
June	24.2	14.1	97	14	16:01
July	25.5	15.3	90	13	15:40
August	25.5	15.4	83	11	14:21
September	21.2	11.7	77	11	12:38
October	16.5	8.1	83	12	10:55
November	9.6	3.1	93	14	9:18

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Freiburg im Breisgau, Strasbourg is 1 day earlier and Lucerne 33 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Colmar	38 km	31 May – 28 July	18 days later
Mulhouse	47 km	13 May – 28 July	same day
Basel	52 km	14 May – 31 July	1 day later
Strasbourg	65 km	12 May – 31 July	1 day earlier
Zurich	85 km	29 May – 27 July	16 days later
Lucerne	110 km	15 June – 30 June	33 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Freiburg im Breisgau

Buy plants ready to set out from 13 May to 27 July (from 22 April to 27 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 March to 5 June. Within 15 km of Freiburg im Breisgau OpenStreetMap lists 21 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries, 30 markets and 51 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Blumen-Böttcher — garden centre
Kunzenweg 1, 79117 Freiburg im Breisgau · Mon–Fri 08:00–12:30, 14:00–18:30; Sat 09:00–13:00 · 3 km · blumen-boettcher.de
Dehner — garden centre
Munzinger Straße 5b, 79111 Freiburg im Breisgau · Mar–Jul Mon–Sat 09:00–20:00; Aug–Feb Mon–Sat 09:00–19:00 · 4 km · dehner.de
Baumschule Vonderstrass — garden centre
Humbergweg 14, 79111 Freiburg im Breisgau · Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00; Sat 09:00–13:00 · 5 km · baumschule-vonderstrass.de
Blumen Rombach — garden centre
Rathausweg 10, 79286 Glottertal · Mon–Fri 08:30–13:00, 14:00–18:30; Sat 08:30–14:00 · 10 km · blumen-rombach.de

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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