When to plant tomatoes in Morelia: 9 March – 1 September

In Morelia, tomato: sow for seedlings from 26 December to 11 July; plant into a greenhouse from 16 February to 1 September; plant out into open ground from 9 March to 1 September.

Tomato in Morelia: soil, season and weather

In Morelia the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 9 March, 53 days later.

Last spring frost	15 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	9 March, 53 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	16 February – 1 September; February outside: 5 °C at night, 21.1 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	22 December, 288 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	18 May – 10 November
Days left for picking	218
Daylight	11:04 on 16 January, 11:54 on 9 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, April, has 2 rainy days

Tomato in Morelia: care after planting

Planted on 9 March: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

9 March — feed: balanced (NPK)
6 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 Morelia during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, April, averages 25.5 °C. Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 4.5 °C to 10.8 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	23.7	6.5	8	2	12:01
April	25.5	8.2	6	2	12:35
May	25.5	10	38	9	13:04
June	22.4	10.8	125	18	13:19
July	19.9	9.9	147	26	13:13
August	19.9	10	164	25	12:49
September	19.8	9.9	142	21	12:16
October	20.1	8.6	54	11	11:43
November	19.9	6.1	21	4	11:13
December	18.6	4.5	14	3	10:57

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Tomato in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant tomato earlier than Morelia; the closest date is in San Luis Potosí, 2 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Toluca	166 km	27 February – 4 September	10 days earlier
Pachuca	260 km	6 February – 21 August	31 days earlier
Aguascalientes	268 km	13 January – 22 August	55 days earlier
San Luis Potosí	273 km	7 March – 25 August	2 days earlier
Zacatecas	371 km	5 February – 6 August	32 days earlier
Durango	600 km	6 February – 18 August	31 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Morelia

Buy plants ready to set out from 9 March to 1 September (from 16 February to 1 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 26 December to 11 July. Within 15 km of Morelia OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery and 9 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado de Dulces — market
Mon–Sun 08:00–19:45 · 2 km
Mercado Independencia — market
Mon–Sat 09:00–20:00+ · 1 km
Jardinería Rentería — plant nursery
7 km
Mercado San Juan — market
1 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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