When to plant tomatoes in Inverness: 7 June – 24 July

In Inverness, tomato: sow for seedlings from 26 March to 2 June; plant into a greenhouse from 17 May to 24 July; plant out into open ground from 7 June to 24 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Howdens Garden Centre (garden centre, 2 km) and Abriachan Garden Nurseries (plant nursery, 15 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Inverness: soil, season and weather

In Inverness the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 1 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 7 June, 37 days later.

Last spring frost	1 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	7 June, 37 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	17 May – 24 July; May outside: 6.4 °C at night, 14.8 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	13 November, 159 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	16 August – 2 October
Days left for picking	89
Daylight	14:22 on 16 April, 17:47 on 7 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 14 rainy days

Tomato in Inverness: care after planting

Planted on 7 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

7 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
5 July — 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 Inverness during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 18.5 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: September (15.8 °C), October (12.1 °C) and November (8.1 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 3 °C to 11.3 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	17	9.4	67	14	17:59
July	18.5	11.3	90	16	17:24
August	17.9	11	86	15	15:20
September	15.8	9.1	80	15	12:52
October	12.1	6.5	111	17	10:26
November	8.1	3	85	16	8:03

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Inverness, Glasgow is 4 days earlier and Aberdeen 13 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Perth (United Kingdom)	129 km	13 June – 22 July	6 days later
Aberdeen	133 km	20 June – 31 July	13 days later
Dundee	135 km	16 June – 23 July	9 days later
Stirling	152 km	17 June – 20 July	10 days later
Glasgow	180 km	3 June – 22 July	4 days earlier
Edinburgh	181 km	3 June – 20 July	4 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Inverness

Buy plants ready to set out from 7 June to 24 July (from 17 May to 24 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 26 March to 2 June. Within 15 km of Inverness OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 1 plant nursery and 4 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Howdens Garden Centre — garden centre
Stoneyfield Road, IV2 7PA Inverness · Mon–Wed 09:00–18:00; Thu 09:00–19:30; Fri, Sat 09:00–18:00; Sun 10:00–18:00 · 2 km · klondyke.co.uk
Abriachan Garden Nurseries — plant nursery
Feb–Nov 09:00–19:00 · 15 km · lochnessgarden.com
Munro's Nurseries & Coffee Shop — garden centre
6 km · munros-nurseries.co.uk
Simpsons Garden Centre — garden centre
3 km · simpsonsgardencentre.co.uk

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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