When to plant tomatoes in Ganja: 16 April – 21 August

In Ganja, tomato: sow for seedlings from 2 February to 30 June; plant into a greenhouse from 26 March to 21 August; plant out into open ground from 16 April to 21 August.

Tomato in Ganja: soil, season and weather

In Ganja the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 4 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 16 April, 43 days later.

Last spring frost	4 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	16 April, 43 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	26 March – 21 August; March outside: 4.1 °C at night, 13.8 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	11 December, 239 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	25 June – 30 October
Days left for picking	169
Daylight	11:00 on 23 February, 13:19 on 16 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, December, has 3 rainy days

Tomato in Ganja: 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 Ganja during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June (30.5 °C), July (33.1 °C) and August (32.8 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (13.7 °C) and December (8.7 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and October–December (1.4–13.6 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	19.6	8.6	40	7	13:16
May	24.6	13.6	57	10	14:26
June	30.5	18.7	41	7	15:04
July	33.1	21.5	39	5	14:49
August	32.8	21	24	4	13:49
September	26.4	16.5	36	7	12:31
October	19.8	11	34	7	11:11
November	13.7	5.4	16	5	9:56
December	8.7	1.4	13	3	9:17

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Tomato in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant tomato later than Ganja; the closest date is in Makhachkala, 9 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Vanadzor	158 km	from 22 July	97 days later
Yerevan	166 km	11 May – 13 July	25 days later
Tbilisi	175 km	6 May – 26 July	20 days later
Gyumri	212 km	30 May – 30 June	44 days later
Makhachkala	273 km	25 April – 20 August	9 days later
Vladikavkaz	297 km	1 June – 2 July	46 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Ganja

Buy plants ready to set out from 16 April to 21 August (from 26 March to 21 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 2 February to 30 June. Within 15 km of Ganja OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 4 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Gəncə Qalası Bazarı — market
Əttarlar, Gəncə · 1 km
Topdan Satış Bazarı — market
Azərbaycan bayrağı küçəsi, Gəncə · 3 km
AzGübrə — garden centre
13 km
Sərçə Bazarı Gəncə — market
3 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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