When to plant tomatoes in Launceston: 7 November – 16 February

In Launceston, tomato: sow for seedlings from 26 August to 26 December; plant into a greenhouse from 17 October to 16 February; plant out into open ground from 7 November to 16 February. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include TasHerd Pty Ltd (farm supply, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Launceston: soil, season and weather

In Launceston the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 28 August, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 7 November, 71 days later.

Last spring frost	28 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	7 November, 71 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	17 October – 16 February; October outside: 7 °C at night, 16.5 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	7 June, 213 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	16 January – 26 April
Days left for picking	143
Daylight	11:49 on 16 September, 14:09 on 7 November
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, February, has 7 rainy days

Tomato in Launceston: care after planting

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

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

7 November — feed: balanced (NPK)
5 December — 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 Launceston during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, January, averages 24.7 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: May (14.3 °C) and June (11.9 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 4.7 °C to 13 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
November	19.3	9.1	71	12	14:27
December	21.9	10.8	64	9	15:09
January	24.7	13	64	9	14:50
February	23.3	12.2	55	7	13:42
March	21.7	11.3	55	7	12:25
April	17.8	8.8	57	7	11:00
May	14.3	6.4	63	9	9:50
June	11.9	4.7	74	9	9:12

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Launceston, Albury is 22 days earlier and Devonport 15 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Devonport	71 km	22 November – 5 March	15 days later
Geelong	436 km	from 22 October	16 days earlier
Melbourne	444 km	21 October – 4 March	17 days earlier
Ballarat	514 km	14 November – 27 February	7 days later
Bendigo	575 km	21 October – 27 February	17 days earlier
Albury	597 km	16 October – 28 February	22 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Launceston

Buy plants ready to set out from 7 November to 16 February (from 17 October to 16 February for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 26 August to 26 December. Within 15 km of Launceston OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery and 1 market (collected 20 October 2026).

TasHerd Pty Ltd — farm supply
Main Street 16, 7290 · 9 km
Launceston Harvest Market — market
Cimitiere Street 71, 7250 · Sat 08:30–12:30 · 1 km · harvestmarket.org.au
Glebe Gardens — garden centre
3 km
Driscoll's Nursery — plant nursery
15 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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