When to plant tomatoes in Magdeburg: 14 May – 29 July

In Magdeburg, tomato: sow for seedlings from 2 March to 7 June; plant into a greenhouse from 23 April to 29 July; plant out into open ground from 14 May to 29 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Pflanzen und Floristikmarkt Hinz (garden centre, 2 km) and Dehner (garden centre, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Magdeburg: soil, season and weather

In Magdeburg the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 5 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 14 May, 39 days later.

Last spring frost	5 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	14 May, 39 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	23 April – 29 July; April outside: 4.9 °C at night, 14.4 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	18 November, 188 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	23 July – 7 October
Days left for picking	118
Daylight	12:20 on 23 March, 15:37 on 14 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 10 rainy days

Tomato in Magdeburg: care after planting

Planted on 14 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

14 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
11 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 Magdeburg during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 24.9 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: October (15.1 °C) and November (8.7 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 3.3 °C to 15.2 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.2	9.4	47	10	15:40
June	24.3	14.1	53	9	16:44
July	24.5	15	60	10	16:18
August	24.9	15.2	52	10	14:43
September	20.9	12	47	8	12:43
October	15.1	8.3	58	12	10:44
November	8.7	3.3	45	10	8:50

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Magdeburg, Berlin is 4 days earlier and Dresden 11 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Leipzig	102 km	15 May – 28 July	1 day later
Potsdam	102 km	14 May – 1 August	same day
Berlin	129 km	10 May – 30 July	4 days earlier
Hanover	132 km	15 May – 1 August	1 day later
Erfurt	134 km	15 May – 18 July	1 day later
Dresden	189 km	25 May – 29 July	11 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Magdeburg

Buy plants ready to set out from 14 May to 29 July (from 23 April to 29 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 2 March to 7 June. Within 15 km of Magdeburg OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 1 market and 8 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Dehner — garden centre
Silberbergweg 5, 39128 Magdeburg · Mon–Sat 09:00–19:00, Sun closed · 4 km · dehner.de
Pflanzen Richter — garden centre
Schönebecker Chaussee 7, 39122 Magdeburg · Mon–Fri 09:00–19:00; Sat 09:00–18:00; Sun 11:00–16:00 · 9 km · pflanzenrichter.de
Pflanzen und Floristikmarkt Hinz — garden centre
Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00; Sat 08:00–16:00; Sun 09:00–13:00; public holidays closed · 2 km · floristikmarkthinz.de
Theile Gartenbau und Floristik — garden centre
Krokusweg 15, 39291 Möser · 14 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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