When to plant tomatoes in Montpelier: 29 May – 27 June

In Montpelier, tomato: sow for seedlings from 17 March to 6 May; plant into a greenhouse from 8 May to 27 June; plant out into open ground from 29 May to 27 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Guy's Farm & Yard (garden centre, 1 km) and Agway (garden centre, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Montpelier: soil, season and weather

In Montpelier the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 8 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 29 May, 21 days later.

Last spring frost	8 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	29 May, 21 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	8 May – 27 June; May outside: 6.8 °C at night, 18.6 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	17 October, 141 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	7 August – 5 September
Days left for picking	71
Daylight	13:02 on 7 April, 15:12 on 29 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 8 rainy days

Tomato in Montpelier: care after planting

Planted on 29 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

29 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
26 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 Montpelier during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 26.3 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: October (14.6 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 5.1 °C to 15.6 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	18.6	6.8	88	13	14:45
June	23.5	12.1	90	13	15:30
July	26.3	15.6	108	13	15:12
August	25.2	14.4	86	13	14:04
September	21.5	10.7	69	8	12:34
October	14.6	5.1	109	12	11:03

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Tomato in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant tomato earlier than Montpelier; the closest date is in Portland, Maine, 1 day earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Burlington	57 km	26 May – 14 July	3 days earlier
Sherbrooke	137 km	27 May – 7 July	2 days earlier
Concord	143 km	22 May – 11 July	7 days earlier
Montreal	159 km	21 May – 12 July	8 days earlier
Manchester (United States)	167 km	20 May – 13 July	9 days earlier
Portland, Maine	196 km	28 May – 15 July	1 day earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Montpelier

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 May to 27 June (from 8 May to 27 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 17 March to 6 May. Within 15 km of Montpelier OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres and 1 farm-supply shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Thomas Farm & Garden — garden centre
U.S. Route 302 535, 05641 Barre · Mon–Sat 08:00–18:00; Sun 09:00–17:00 · 5 km
Guy's Farm & Yard — garden centre
Barre Street 19, 05602 Montpelier · 1 km
Agway — garden centre
East Montpelier Road 190, 05602 Montpelier · 2 km
T. E. Pembroke Landscaping — garden centre
Terrace Street 1492, 05602 Montpelier · 4 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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