When to plant tomatoes in Lipetsk: 11 May – 27 June

In Lipetsk, tomato: sow for seedlings from 27 February to 6 May; plant into a greenhouse from 20 April to 27 June; plant out into open ground from 11 May to 27 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include На районе (farm shop, 2 km) and Продукты (farm shop, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Lipetsk: soil, season and weather

In Lipetsk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 26 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 11 May, 15 days later.

Last spring frost	26 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	11 May, 15 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	20 April – 27 June; April outside: 3.1 °C at night, 14.2 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	17 October, 159 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	20 July – 5 September
Days left for picking	89
Daylight	12:08 on 20 March, 15:31 on 11 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 6 rainy days

Tomato in Lipetsk: care after planting

Planted on 11 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

11 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
8 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 Lipetsk during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 26.5 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: October (12 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 4.2 °C to 15.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.5	8.2	50	11	15:44
June	24.3	13.4	64	11	16:49
July	26.5	15.9	63	10	16:23
August	26.4	15	36	6	14:46
September	19.6	9.5	42	7	12:44
October	12	4.2	56	10	10:42

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Lipetsk, Stary Oskol is 3 days earlier and Tula 16 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Voronezh	106 km	15 May – 9 July	4 days later
Tambov	129 km	11 May – 29 June	same day
Stary Oskol	185 km	8 May – 2 July	3 days earlier
Tula	219 km	27 May – 25 June	16 days later
Ryazan	227 km	23 May – 3 July	12 days later
Oryol	237 km	25 May – 26 June	14 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Lipetsk

Buy plants ready to set out from 11 May to 27 June (from 20 April to 27 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 27 February to 6 May. Within 15 km of Lipetsk OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 4 markets and 3 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

На районе — farm shop
улица Мичурина с44, 398059 Липецк · 24/7 · 2 km
Продукты — farm shop
улица Неделина 15А, 398059 Липецк · 09:00–21:00 · 3 km
Загородный дом — garden centre
1 km
Природа — garden centre
1 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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