When to plant tomatoes in Lincoln (United Kingdom): 27 May – 30 July

In Lincoln (United Kingdom), tomato: sow for seedlings from 15 March to 8 June; plant into a greenhouse from 6 May to 30 July; plant out into open ground from 27 May to 30 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Whisby Garden Centre (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Lincoln (United Kingdom): soil, season and weather

In Lincoln (United Kingdom) 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 27 May, 56 days later.

Last spring frost	1 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	27 May, 56 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	6 May – 30 July; May outside: 7.7 °C at night, 16.6 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	19 November, 176 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	5 August – 8 October
Days left for picking	106
Daylight	13:16 on 5 April, 16:25 on 27 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 11 rainy days

Tomato in Lincoln (United Kingdom): care after planting

Planted on 27 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

27 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
24 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 Lincoln (United Kingdom) during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 21.7 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: October (14.7 °C) and November (10.2 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 4.5 °C to 13 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	16.6	7.7	62	11	15:50
June	19.6	11.1	69	11	16:57
July	21.7	13	78	14	16:30
August	21.5	12.9	61	11	14:50
September	18.9	10.8	66	12	12:45
October	14.7	8.3	78	12	10:40
November	10.2	4.5	66	11	8:41

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Lincoln (United Kingdom), Nottingham is 1 day earlier and Sheffield 8 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nottingham	51 km	26 May – 3 August	1 day earlier
Hull	58 km	2 June – 4 August	6 days later
Sheffield	64 km	4 June – 2 August	8 days later
Derby	72 km	2 June – 2 August	6 days later
Leicester	77 km	27 May – 30 July	same day
York	89 km	2 June – 25 July	6 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Lincoln (United Kingdom)

Buy plants ready to set out from 27 May to 30 July (from 6 May to 30 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 15 March to 8 June. Within 15 km of Lincoln (United Kingdom) OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 1 market and 2 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Whisby Garden Centre — garden centre
Whisby Road · 7 km
Cornhill Market — market
Sincil Street, LN5 7ET Lincoln · 0 km
Pennell's Garden Centre — garden centre
8 km
Living Stone — garden centre
8 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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