When to plant tomatoes in L'Aquila: 10 June – 23 July

In L'Aquila, tomato: sow for seedlings from 29 March to 1 June; plant into a greenhouse from 20 May to 23 July; plant out into open ground from 10 June to 23 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Vivaio Signori Carlo (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in L'Aquila: soil, season and weather

In L'Aquila the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 10 June, 51 days later.

Last spring frost	20 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	10 June, 51 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	20 May – 23 July; May outside: 5.9 °C at night, 14.6 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	12 November, 155 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	19 August – 1 October
Days left for picking	85
Daylight	13:32 on 19 April, 15:13 on 10 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 9 rainy days

Tomato in L'Aquila: care after planting

Planted on 10 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

10 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
8 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 L'Aquila during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 24.1 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: October (14.6 °C) and November (8.9 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 2.1 °C to 13.7 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	21	11.1	60	12	15:16
July	24.1	13.6	53	9	15:00
August	23.8	13.7	57	10	13:56
September	18.6	9.6	75	11	12:32
October	14.6	6.2	79	11	11:07
November	8.9	2.1	119	13	9:48

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Tomato in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant tomato earlier than L'Aquila; the closest date is in Arezzo, 18 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Pescara	67 km	20 April – 20 August	51 days earlier
Rome	90 km	14 April – 20 August	57 days earlier
Perugia	118 km	9 May – 5 August	32 days earlier
Ancona	142 km	20 April – 21 August	51 days earlier
Arezzo	175 km	23 May – 1 August	18 days earlier
San Marino	193 km	25 April – 22 August	46 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near L'Aquila

Buy plants ready to set out from 10 June to 23 July (from 20 May to 23 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 29 March to 1 June. Within 15 km of L'Aquila OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 2 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Vivaio Signori Carlo — garden centre
Strada Statale 17 dell’Appennino Abruzzese e Appulo Sannitico, 67100 L’Aquila · 7 km
Mercato Contadino L'Aquila — market
Via Eusanio Stella 4, 67100 L'Aquila · Tue–Sat 08:30–13:30, 16:00–17:30 · 2 km · facebook.com
Mico Plants — garden centre
14 km
Mercato di Piazza d'Armi — 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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