When to plant tomatoes in Nalchik: 20 May – 14 July

In Nalchik, tomato: sow for seedlings from 8 March to 23 May; plant into a greenhouse from 29 April to 14 July; plant out into open ground from 20 May to 14 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Магазин №56 (farm shop, 2 km) and Мадина (farm shop, 15 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Nalchik: soil, season and weather

In Nalchik the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 11 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 20 May, 39 days later.

Last spring frost	11 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	20 May, 39 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	29 April – 14 July; April outside: 4.9 °C at night, 14.6 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	3 November, 167 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	29 July – 22 September
Days left for picking	97
Daylight	12:34 on 29 March, 14:51 on 20 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 9 rainy days

Tomato in Nalchik: care after planting

Planted on 20 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

20 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
17 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 Nalchik during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 25.5 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: October (14.2 °C) and November (8.6 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in May, June and September–November (1.8–14.1 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	18.1	9.5	195	20	14:41
June	22.9	14.1	189	18	15:24
July	25.3	16.4	151	14	15:07
August	25.5	16.6	109	10	14:00
September	19.5	11.9	140	13	12:33
October	14.2	6.9	111	13	11:05
November	8.6	1.8	53	9	9:43

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Nalchik, Batumi is 32 days earlier and Vladikavkaz 12 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Vladikavkaz	99 km	1 June – 2 July	12 days later
Kutaisi	156 km	29 April – 30 August	21 days earlier
Stavropol	216 km	5 May – 12 July	15 days earlier
Tbilisi	220 km	6 May – 26 July	14 days earlier
Batumi	263 km	18 April – 23 August	32 days earlier
Gyumri	302 km	30 May – 30 June	10 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Nalchik

Buy plants ready to set out from 20 May to 14 July (from 29 April to 14 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 8 March to 23 May. Within 15 km of Nalchik OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 3 farm-supply shops, 8 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Козий — market
Sat–Sun 09:00–15:00 · 6 km
Ярмарка выходного дня — market
Sat–Sun 06:30–17:00 · 4 km
Мадина — farm shop
улица Бадракова 184 · 15 km
Магазин №56 — farm shop
24/7 · 2 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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