When to plant tomatoes in Murree: 22 March – 29 August

In Murree, tomato: sow for seedlings from 8 January to 8 July; plant into a greenhouse from 1 March to 29 August; plant out into open ground from 22 March to 29 August.

Tomato in Murree: soil, season and weather

In Murree the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 25 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 22 March, 56 days later.

Last spring frost	25 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	22 March, 56 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	1 March – 29 August; March outside: 8.2 °C at night, 20.9 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	19 December, 272 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	31 May – 7 November
Days left for picking	202
Daylight	10:28 on 29 January, 12:11 on 22 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, October, has 4 rainy days

Tomato in Murree: care after planting

Planted on 22 March: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

22 March — feed: balanced (NPK)
19 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 Murree during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in May–October (27.1–33.1 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in March, April and October–December (4.3–13.5 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	20.9	8.2	145	11	11:56
April	26.2	12.6	94	10	13:01
May	30.4	17	44	9	13:54
June	33.1	20.7	54	10	14:24
July	31	22.5	222	23	14:12
August	30.4	21.8	180	21	13:26
September	30.4	19.2	41	10	12:25
October	27.1	13.5	27	4	11:23
November	21.4	8.1	40	4	10:25
December	17.9	4.3	28	3	9:55

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Murree, Peshawar is 25 days earlier and Jalal-Abad 33 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Islamabad	38 km	from 22 March	same day
Peshawar	168 km	from 25 February	25 days earlier
Quetta	728 km	19 March – 19 August	3 days earlier
Osh	739 km	21 April – 17 July	30 days later
Andijan	771 km	3 April – 19 July	12 days later
Jalal-Abad	782 km	24 April – 18 July	33 days later

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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