When to plant tomatoes in Łódź: 15 May – 15 July

In Łódź, tomato: sow for seedlings from 3 March to 24 May; plant into a greenhouse from 24 April to 15 July; plant out into open ground from 15 May to 15 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Galeria ogrodnicza Exoflora (garden centre, 8 km) and Centrum ogrodnicze Semer (garden centre, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Łódź: soil, season and weather

In Łódź the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 15 May, 29 days later.

Last spring frost	16 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	15 May, 29 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	24 April – 15 July; April outside: 3.9 °C at night, 13.7 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	4 November, 173 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	24 July – 23 September
Days left for picking	103
Daylight	12:24 on 24 March, 15:37 on 15 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 9 rainy days

Tomato in Łódź: care after planting

Planted on 15 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

15 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
12 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 Łódź during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 24.5 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: October (13.7 °C) and November (7.1 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 1.9 °C to 14.6 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	18.3	8.1	59	11	15:37
June	23.6	13.2	68	10	16:39
July	24.3	14.6	89	13	16:15
August	24.5	14.6	86	11	14:41
September	19.8	10.9	64	10	12:43
October	13.7	6.5	64	12	10:45
November	7.1	1.9	40	9	8:52

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Łódź, Toruń is 4 days earlier and Kielce 7 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Częstochowa	108 km	17 May – 21 July	2 days later
Warsaw	118 km	12 May – 28 July	3 days earlier
Radom	123 km	13 May – 26 July	2 days earlier
Kielce	128 km	22 May – 15 July	7 days later
Toruń	151 km	11 May – 23 July	4 days earlier
Opole	161 km	11 May – 29 July	4 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Łódź

Buy plants ready to set out from 15 May to 15 July (from 24 April to 15 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 3 March to 24 May. Within 15 km of Łódź OpenStreetMap lists 18 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 8 plant nurseries and 27 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

SEMER Sklep Ogrodniczy — garden centre
Orla 35, 95-200 Pabianice · Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00; Sat 08:00–14:00 · 14 km · sklep.semer.pl
Galeria ogrodnicza Exoflora — garden centre
Pabianicka, 93-454 · 8 km · exoflora.pl
Centrum Ogrodnicze KWIATEO.PL — garden centre
Mar, Nov–Dec: Mon–Fri 09:00–17:00, Sat 09:00–14:00; Apr–Jun: Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00, Sat 09:00–16:00, Sun 10:00–14:00; Jul–Oct: Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00, Sat 09:00–15:00 · 14 km · kwiateo.pl
Centrum ogrodnicze Semer — garden centre
Mon–Fri 09:00–17:00; Sat 09:00–13:00; Sun closed · 12 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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