When to plant tomatoes in Greenville: 26 March – 2 August

In Greenville, tomato: sow for seedlings from 12 January to 11 June; plant into a greenhouse from 5 March to 2 August; plant out into open ground from 26 March to 2 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Sun and Soil Plant Parlor (garden centre, 3 km) and Walmart Garden Center (garden centre, 11 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Greenville: soil, season and weather

In Greenville frost, not soil, sets the date: the top 7 cm of soil warms to 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — around 25 March, 6 days after the last frost on 19 March, so planting waits only for the week after that frost.

Last spring frost	19 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	25 March, 6 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	5 March – 2 August; March outside: 6.9 °C at night, 18 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	22 November, 241 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	4 June – 11 October
Days left for picking	171
Daylight	10:31 on 2 February, 12:20 on 26 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 7 rainy days

Tomato in Greenville: care after planting

Planted on 26 March: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

26 March — feed: balanced (NPK)
23 April — 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 Greenville during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June–September (28–32.1 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in March–May and October, November (6.8–15.2 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	18	6.9	105	10	11:56
April	22	10.5	120	9	13:03
May	25.9	15.2	124	12	13:59
June	29.9	19.4	81	11	14:29
July	32.1	21.8	106	14	14:17
August	30.3	20.8	93	14	13:29
September	28	18.3	102	9	12:26
October	22.7	12.6	84	6	11:21
November	16.6	6.8	80	7	10:21

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Greenville, Columbia is 10 days earlier and Asheville 39 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Asheville	83 km	4 May – 13 July	39 days later
Athens (United States)	135 km	19 March – 2 August	7 days earlier
Charlotte	149 km	26 March – 24 July	same day
Columbia	159 km	16 March – 9 August	10 days earlier
Knoxville	184 km	5 April – 23 July	10 days later
Atlanta	220 km	22 March – 2 August	4 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Greenville

Buy plants ready to set out from 26 March to 2 August (from 5 March to 2 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 12 January to 11 June. Within 15 km of Greenville OpenStreetMap lists 16 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 2 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 29 October 2026).

Walmart Garden Center — garden centre
Benton Road 9, 29690 Travelers Rest · 24/7 · 11 km · walmart.com
Sun and Soil Plant Parlor — garden centre
Augusta Street 512, 29601 Greenville · 3 km · sunandsoilplantparlor.com
Wilder Plant Shop — garden centre
South Main Street 16, 29690 Travelers Rest · 12 km
Travelers Rest Feed and Seed — farm supply
McElhaney Road 10, 29690 Travelers Rest · 12 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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