When to plant tomatoes in Modena: 19 April – 10 August

In Modena, tomato: sow for seedlings from 5 February to 19 June; plant into a greenhouse from 29 March to 10 August; plant out into open ground from 19 April to 10 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include L’Agricola (farm supply, 1 km) and Tecno Agricola (farm supply, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Modena: soil, season and weather

In Modena the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 19 April, 30 days later.

Last spring frost	20 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	19 April, 30 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	29 March – 10 August; March outside: 4 °C at night, 15.3 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	30 November, 225 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	28 June – 19 October
Days left for picking	155
Daylight	10:59 on 26 February, 13:39 on 19 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 7 rainy days

Tomato in Modena: care after planting

Planted on 19 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

19 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
17 May — 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 Modena during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June (29.5 °C), July (31.9 °C) and August (31.5 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (13.1 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and September–November (5.4–15.6 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	19.3	7.7	65	9	13:27
May	23	12.6	109	14	14:48
June	29.5	18	49	7	15:33
July	31.9	20.2	47	7	15:15
August	31.5	20	59	8	14:05
September	26.1	15.6	74	8	12:34
October	20.4	10.9	76	8	11:02
November	13.1	5.4	83	10	9:37

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Modena, Ferrara is 5 days earlier and Verona 14 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bologna	37 km	18 April – 9 August	1 day earlier
Parma	50 km	22 April – 9 August	3 days later
Mantua	58 km	19 April – 8 August	same day
Ferrara	58 km	14 April – 8 August	5 days earlier
Verona	88 km	3 May – 7 August	14 days later
Florence	101 km	3 May – 7 August	14 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Modena

Buy plants ready to set out from 19 April to 10 August (from 29 March to 10 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 5 February to 19 June. Within 15 km of Modena OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 5 markets and 9 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Hydroplants — plant nursery
Strada Ponte Alto Nord 209, 41123 Modena · 4 km · hydroplants.it
Tecno Agricola — farm supply
Via Europa 20, 41122 Modena · Mon–Fri 08:00–12:30, 15:00–19:00; Sat 08:00–12:30 · 2 km · tecnoagricolamodena.it
L’Agricola — farm supply
Via Francesco Selmi 31, 41121 Modena · 1 km
Scova Impianti — farm supply
Via Emilia Ovest 83c, Castelfranco Emilia · 10 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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