When to plant tomatoes in Kursk: 16 May – 1 July

In Kursk, tomato: sow for seedlings from 4 March to 10 May; plant into a greenhouse from 25 April to 1 July; plant out into open ground from 16 May to 1 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include У-дачный (farm supply, 4 km) and Евросад (garden centre, 13 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Kursk: soil, season and weather

In Kursk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 25 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 16 May, 21 days later.

Last spring frost	25 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	16 May, 21 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	25 April – 1 July; April outside: 3.3 °C at night, 14.1 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	21 October, 158 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	25 July – 9 September
Days left for picking	88
Daylight	12:28 on 25 March, 15:40 on 16 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 6 rainy days

Tomato in Kursk: 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 Kursk during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 25.8 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: October (12.1 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 4.4 °C to 15.5 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.1	8.4	59	11	15:37
June	23.9	13.6	61	11	16:39
July	25.7	15.5	70	12	16:14
August	25.8	14.9	50	7	14:41
September	19.8	9.8	36	6	12:43
October	12.1	4.4	60	11	10:45

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Kursk, Kharkiv is 9 days earlier and Oryol 9 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Stary Oskol	125 km	8 May – 2 July	8 days earlier
Belgorod	129 km	8 May – 30 June	8 days earlier
Sumy	132 km	15 May – 30 June	1 day earlier
Oryol	138 km	25 May – 26 June	9 days later
Shostka	187 km	17 May – 30 June	1 day later
Kharkiv	194 km	7 May – 1 July	9 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Kursk

Buy plants ready to set out from 16 May to 1 July (from 25 April to 1 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 March to 10 May. Within 15 km of Kursk OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 10 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Евросад — garden centre
Mon–Sun 08:00–17:00 · 13 km · evrosad7.ru
У-дачный — farm supply
Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00; Sat–Sun 09:00–15:00 · 4 km
Сельскохозяйственный рынок "Виктория" — market
проспект Хрущёва 36А · Mon–Sun 07:00–19:00 · 3 km
Центральный рынок — market
Верхняя Луговая улица 13, 305001 Курск · 0 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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