When to plant tomatoes in Magnitogorsk: 26 May – 6 June

In Magnitogorsk, tomato: sow for seedlings from 14 March to 15 April; plant into a greenhouse from 5 May to 6 June; plant out into open ground from 26 May to 6 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Виктория (garden centre, 4 km) and Виктория (garden centre, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Magnitogorsk: soil, season and weather

In Magnitogorsk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 4 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 26 May, 22 days later. 123 days separate planting out (26 May) from the first autumn frost (26 September); the card's 70 days to the first harvest leave 53 for picking, so a start 7 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	4 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	26 May, 22 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	5 May – 6 June; May outside: 5.6 °C at night, 19.2 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	26 September, 123 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	4 August – 15 August
Days left for picking	53
Daylight	13:12 on 4 April, 16:24 on 26 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 8 rainy days

Tomato in Magnitogorsk: care after planting

Planted on 26 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

26 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
23 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 Magnitogorsk during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 25.7 °C. Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 5.6 °C to 14 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.2	5.6	41	7	15:52
June	22.8	11	53	9	16:59
July	25.7	14	65	9	16:32
August	24.3	12.3	43	9	14:51
September	16.1	5.9	40	8	12:45

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Magnitogorsk, Orenburg is 11 days earlier and Sterlitamak 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Sterlitamak	204 km	27 May – 16 June	1 day later
Ufa	248 km	17 May – 11 June	9 days earlier
Chelyabinsk	250 km	24 May – 14 June	2 days earlier
Kostanay	307 km	25 May – 12 June	1 day earlier
Orenburg	320 km	15 May – 21 June	11 days earlier
Aktobe	369 km	16 May – 19 June	10 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Magnitogorsk

Buy plants ready to set out from 26 May to 6 June (from 5 May to 6 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 14 March to 15 April. Within 15 km of Magnitogorsk OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres and 2 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Виктория — garden centre
Дачное шоссе 16А · 8 km
Виктория — garden centre
Mon–Sun 09:00–19:00 · 4 km
Виктория — garden centre
Mon–Sun 09:00–19:00 · 5 km
Центральный крытый рынок — market
проспект Карла Маркса 74, 455023 Магнитогорск · Mon–Sun 09:00–22:00 · 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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