When to plant tomatoes in Kokshetau: 16 May – 9 June

In Kokshetau, tomato: sow for seedlings from 4 March to 18 April; plant into a greenhouse from 25 April to 9 June; plant out into open ground from 16 May to 9 June.

Tomato in Kokshetau: soil, season and weather

In Kokshetau the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 7 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 16 May, 9 days later.

Last spring frost	7 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	16 May, 9 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	25 April – 9 June; April outside: 0.4 °C at night, 12.7 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	29 September, 136 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	25 July – 18 August
Days left for picking	66
Daylight	12:29 on 25 March, 15:54 on 16 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, May, has 8 rainy days

Tomato in Kokshetau: care after planting

Planted on 16 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

16 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
13 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 Kokshetau during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 25.1 °C. Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 6.3 °C to 14.4 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.9	6.3	37	8	15:50
June	23.2	12	57	11	16:57
July	25.1	14.4	80	12	16:31
August	23.1	12.2	55	10	14:50
September	16.3	6.5	51	8	12:45

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Kokshetau, Karaganda is 2 days earlier and Kurgan 13 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Petropavl	177 km	26 May – 9 June	10 days later
Astana	273 km	15 May – 9 June	1 day earlier
Omsk	321 km	23 May – 8 June	7 days later
Kurgan	356 km	29 May – 11 June	13 days later
Kostanay	384 km	25 May – 12 June	9 days later
Karaganda	464 km	14 May – 9 June	2 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Kokshetau

Buy plants ready to set out from 16 May to 9 June (from 25 April to 9 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 March to 18 April. Within 15 km of Kokshetau OpenStreetMap lists 4 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Центральный рынок Кокшетау — market
улица Юрия Гагарина 53 · 1 km
Хасенов базары — market
2 km
Рынок "Жибек Жолы" — market
2 km
восточный рынок — market
2 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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