When to plant tomatoes in Lugo: 15 May – 14 August

In Lugo, tomato: sow for seedlings from 3 March to 23 June; plant into a greenhouse from 24 April to 14 August; plant out into open ground from 15 May to 14 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Tu jardín (garden centre, 3 km) and Verdilugo (plant nursery, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Lugo: soil, season and weather

In Lugo the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 27 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 15 May, 49 days later.

Last spring frost	27 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	15 May, 49 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	24 April – 14 August; April outside: 6.1 °C at night, 16 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	4 December, 203 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	24 July – 23 October
Days left for picking	133
Daylight	12:19 on 24 March, 14:38 on 15 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 5 rainy days

Tomato in Lugo: 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 Lugo 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 (13.4 °C) and December (11.3 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 4.1 °C to 14.6 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	18.9	9	85	13	14:38
June	21.6	12.2	72	12	15:20
July	24.8	14.2	18	5	15:04
August	25.9	14.6	24	6	13:58
September	22.5	12.1	53	10	12:33
October	19	10.1	126	13	11:06
November	13.4	6.2	141	15	9:45
December	11.3	4.1	139	15	9:02

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Tomato in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant tomato earlier than Lugo; the closest date is in Santiago de Compostela, 1 day earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ourense	78 km	12 May – 13 August	3 days earlier
A Coruña	79 km	from 8 May	7 days earlier
Santiago de Compostela	80 km	14 May – 27 August	1 day earlier
Ponferrada	94 km	10 May – 7 August	5 days earlier
Pontevedra	109 km	from 21 April	24 days earlier
Vigo	129 km	from 5 April	40 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Lugo

Buy plants ready to set out from 15 May to 14 August (from 24 April to 14 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 3 March to 23 June. Within 15 km of Lugo OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 9 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 5 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Tu jardín — garden centre
Carretera a Friol Km. 0,3, 27004 lugo · 3 km
Verdilugo — plant nursery
Arieiras 35, 27297 lugo · 3 km
Suministros Vilaboa — farm supply
Estrada Santiago, 27210 Esperante · Mon–Fri 08:30–13:30, 15:30–19:30; Sat 09:00–13:30 · 5 km · suministrosvilaboa.com
Todocampo — farm supply
Avenida de Benigno Rivera 23, 27003 Lugo · Mon–Sat 09:00–21:00 · 3 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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