When to plant tomatoes in Hull: 2 June – 4 August

In Hull, tomato: sow for seedlings from 21 March to 13 June; plant into a greenhouse from 12 May to 4 August; plant out into open ground from 2 June to 4 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Plant & Paint (plant nursery, 0 km) and Willerby Cane & Garden Centre (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Hull: soil, season and weather

In Hull the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 28 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 2 June, 66 days later.

Last spring frost	28 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	2 June, 66 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	12 May – 4 August; May outside: 7.9 °C at night, 15.5 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	24 November, 175 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	11 August – 13 October
Days left for picking	105
Daylight	13:42 on 11 April, 16:45 on 2 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 13 rainy days

Tomato in Hull: care after planting

Planted on 2 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

2 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
30 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 Hull during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 20.8 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: October (14.5 °C) and November (10.2 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 4.9 °C to 13 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	18.6	11.1	68	12	17:03
July	20.8	13	77	14	16:36
August	20.8	13	67	13	14:53
September	18.3	11	67	12	12:46
October	14.5	8.5	74	13	10:39
November	10.2	4.9	70	12	8:37

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Hull, Nottingham is 7 days earlier and Sheffield 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
York	54 km	2 June – 25 July	same day
Lincoln (United Kingdom)	58 km	27 May – 30 July	6 days earlier
Leeds	80 km	29 May – 3 August	4 days earlier
Sheffield	85 km	4 June – 2 August	2 days later
Bradford	93 km	29 May – 29 July	4 days earlier
Nottingham	103 km	26 May – 3 August	7 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Hull

Buy plants ready to set out from 2 June to 4 August (from 12 May to 4 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 21 March to 13 June. Within 15 km of Hull OpenStreetMap lists 8 garden centres, 1 plant nursery, 4 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Sandhill Garden Centre — garden centre
Wyton Road, HU12 8TY Hull · 9 km · sandhill-gardencentre.co.uk
Willerby Cane & Garden Centre — garden centre
Main Street, HU10 6BP Hull · 7 km
Plant & Paint — plant nursery
Humber Street 24, HU1 1TH · 0 km
Wednesday Market — market
Wed 09:00–16:00 · 13 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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