When to plant tomatoes in Karakol: 12 June – 22 July

In Karakol, tomato: sow for seedlings from 31 March to 31 May; plant into a greenhouse from 22 May to 22 July; plant out into open ground from 12 June to 22 July.

Tomato in Karakol: soil, season and weather

In Karakol the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 9 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 12 June, 34 days later. 110 days separate planting out (12 June) from the first autumn frost (30 September); the card's 70 days to the first harvest leave 40 for picking, so a start 5 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	9 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	12 June, 34 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	22 May – 22 July; May outside: 4 °C at night, 16.3 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	30 September, 110 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 August – 30 September
Days left for picking	40
Daylight	13:37 on 21 April, 15:15 on 12 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 13 rainy days

Tomato in Karakol: care after planting

Planted on 12 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

12 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
10 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 Karakol during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 21.9 °C. Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 5.4 °C to 10.3 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	19.3	7.8	134	17	15:17
July	21.9	10.3	130	16	15:00
August	20.9	9	107	15	13:56
September	18.1	5.4	103	13	12:32

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant tomato earlier than Karakol; the closest date is in Almaty, 32 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Almaty	148 km	11 May – 16 June	32 days earlier
Taldykorgan	281 km	30 April – 18 June	43 days earlier
Bishkek	313 km	6 May – 3 July	37 days earlier
Jalal-Abad	480 km	24 April – 18 July	49 days earlier
Osh	514 km	21 April – 17 July	52 days earlier
Andijan	537 km	3 April – 19 July	70 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Karakol

Buy plants ready to set out from 12 June to 22 July (from 22 May to 22 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 31 March to 31 May. Within 15 km of Karakol OpenStreetMap lists 3 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Бугу — market
Mon–Sun 09:00–19:00 · 0 km
Main Bazaar — market
1 km
Big Bazaar — market
1 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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