When to plant tomatoes in Los Ángeles: 30 October – 9 February

In Los Ángeles, tomato: sow for seedlings from 18 August to 19 December; plant into a greenhouse from 9 October to 9 February; plant out into open ground from 30 October to 9 February. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Vivero El Budy (garden centre, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Los Ángeles: soil, season and weather

In Los Ángeles the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 25 August, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 30 October, 66 days later.

Last spring frost	25 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	30 October, 66 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	9 October – 9 February; October outside: 6.8 °C at night, 17.7 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	31 May, 214 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	8 January – 19 April
Days left for picking	144
Daylight	11:33 on 8 September, 13:35 on 30 October
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, February, has 2 rainy days

Tomato in Los Ángeles: care after planting

Planted on 30 October: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

30 October — feed: balanced (NPK)
27 November — 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 Los Ángeles during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in January (27.9 °C) and February (28.1 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: May (14.5 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 6.2 °C to 13.2 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
October	17.7	6.8	67	8	13:01
November	21.7	9.3	40	5	14:08
December	25.6	11.3	24	4	14:44
January	27.9	12.9	21	2	14:28
February	28.1	13.2	9	2	13:29
March	24.2	11.2	36	3	12:22
April	18.9	8.7	91	7	11:09
May	14.5	6.2	132	10	10:08

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Los Ángeles, Talca is 15 days earlier and Temuco 25 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Concepción	94 km	8 November – 21 February	9 days later
Chillán	98 km	21 October – 20 February	9 days earlier
Temuco	143 km	24 November – 31 January	25 days later
Talca	236 km	15 October – 21 February	15 days earlier
Valdivia	272 km	18 November – 22 February	19 days later
Curicó	293 km	15 October – 15 February	15 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Los Ángeles

Buy plants ready to set out from 30 October to 9 February (from 9 October to 9 February for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 18 August to 19 December. Within 15 km of Los Ángeles OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 2 farm-supply shops and 3 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Vivero El Budy — garden centre
Mon–Sun 09:00–19:00 · 12 km
Mercado Central — market
Villagrán 599 · 0 km
Vega Techada — market
Villagrán 625 · 1 km
Cooprisem — farm supply
2 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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