When to plant tomatoes in Limoges: 28 May – 7 August

In Limoges, tomato: sow for seedlings from 16 March to 16 June; plant into a greenhouse from 7 May to 7 August; plant out into open ground from 28 May to 7 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Floriculture les Palmiers (garden centre, 2 km) and Jardiland (garden centre, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Limoges: soil, season and weather

In Limoges the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 1 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 28 May, 57 days later.

Last spring frost	1 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	28 May, 57 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	7 May – 7 August; May outside: 9.2 °C at night, 18.8 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	27 November, 183 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	6 August – 16 October
Days left for picking	113
Daylight	13:02 on 6 April, 15:22 on 28 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 8 rainy days

Tomato in Limoges: care after planting

Planted on 28 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

28 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
25 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 Limoges during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 25.9 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (11.6 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 5.2 °C to 14.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	18.8	9.2	96	14	14:55
June	23.3	13.5	99	13	15:42
July	25.3	14.7	45	8	15:24
August	25.9	14.9	41	8	14:11
September	21.8	12.1	75	10	12:36
October	17.6	9.6	102	12	11:00
November	11.6	5.2	97	15	9:30

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Limoges, Bordeaux is 39 days earlier and Clermont-Ferrand 9 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Poitiers	109 km	7 May – 30 July	21 days earlier
Clermont-Ferrand	141 km	6 June – 23 July	9 days later
Tours	179 km	8 May – 7 August	20 days earlier
Bordeaux	181 km	19 April – 10 August	39 days earlier
La Rochelle	190 km	28 April – 22 August	30 days earlier
Angers	229 km	5 May – 7 August	23 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Limoges

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 May to 7 August (from 7 May to 7 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 16 March to 16 June. Within 15 km of Limoges OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries, 4 markets and 11 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Jardiland — garden centre
Rue de Nexon 160 · Mon–Sun 09:30–19:00 · 2 km · jardiland.com
Point Vert — garden centre
Chemin des Meynieux · Jul–Feb: Mon 14:00–18:30; Tue–Sat 09:00–12:00, 14:00–18:30; Mar–Jun: Mon–Sat 09:00–12:00, 14:00–19:00 · 7 km · magasin-point-vert.fr
Floriculture les Palmiers — garden centre
Rue des Palmiers 11, 87100 Limoges · Mon–Sat 09:00–12:00, 14:00–19:00 · 2 km
Truffaut — garden centre
Mon–Sat 09:30–12:30, 14:00–19:00; Sun 10:00–12:30, 14:30–18:30 · 4 km · truffaut.com

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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