When to plant tomatoes in Macon: 12 March – 11 August

In Macon, tomato: sow for seedlings from 29 December to 20 June; plant into a greenhouse from 19 February to 11 August; plant out into open ground from 12 March to 11 August.

Tomato in Macon: soil, season and weather

In Macon frost, not soil, sets the date: the top 7 cm of soil warms to 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — around 25 February, 8 days before the last frost on 5 March, so planting waits only for the week after that frost.

Last spring frost	5 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	25 February, 8 days before the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	19 February – 11 August; February outside: 7.2 °C at night, 18.1 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	1 December, 264 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 May – 20 October
Days left for picking	194
Daylight	10:18 on 19 January, 11:50 on 12 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 7 rainy days

Tomato in Macon: care after planting

Planted on 12 March: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

12 March — feed: balanced (NPK)
9 April — 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 Macon during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in May–September (29–33.1 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: December (15.5 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in March, April and October–December (5.8–14.2 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	21.3	9.5	107	10	11:56
April	25.1	12.5	98	9	12:59
May	29	17.1	91	11	13:50
June	32	20.9	95	13	14:18
July	33.1	22.7	99	16	14:07
August	32.2	22.2	115	16	13:23
September	30.4	19.6	85	8	12:24
October	25.6	14.2	67	6	11:24
November	19.8	8.7	59	7	10:29
December	15.5	5.8	117	10	10:00

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Macon, Tallahassee is 42 days earlier and Greenville 14 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Atlanta	123 km	22 March – 2 August	10 days later
Athens (United States)	127 km	19 March – 2 August	7 days later
Greenville	253 km	26 March – 2 August	14 days later
Savannah	253 km	17 February – 3 September	23 days earlier
Montgomery	253 km	8 March – 9 August	4 days earlier
Tallahassee	272 km	29 January – 2 September	42 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Macon

Buy plants ready to set out from 12 March to 11 August (from 19 February to 11 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 29 December to 20 June. Within 15 km of Macon OpenStreetMap lists 1 market (collected 28 October 2026).

State Farmer's Market — market
Eisenhower Parkway 2055, 31206 Macon · Mon–Sun 08:00–19:00 · 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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