When to plant tomatoes in Nîmes: 17 April – 11 August

In Nîmes, tomato: sow for seedlings from 3 February to 20 June; plant into a greenhouse from 27 March to 11 August; plant out into open ground from 17 April to 11 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Jardiland (garden centre, 2 km) and Truffaut (garden centre, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Nîmes: soil, season and weather

In Nîmes the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 17 April, 61 days later.

Last spring frost	15 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	17 April, 61 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	27 March – 11 August; March outside: 5.9 °C at night, 16 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	1 December, 228 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	26 June – 20 October
Days left for picking	158
Daylight	10:55 on 24 February, 13:31 on 17 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

Tomato in Nîmes: care after planting

Planted on 17 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

17 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
15 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 Nîmes during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June (28.5 °C), July (32 °C) and August (31.5 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (15 °C) and December (12.1 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and September–December (4.2–15.6 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	19	8.6	69	8	13:25
May	22.9	12.3	86	9	14:43
June	28.5	17.2	43	7	15:27
July	32	19.8	16	3	15:09
August	31.5	19.5	34	4	14:02
September	26.2	15.6	80	6	12:34
October	21.2	12.2	119	9	11:04
November	15	7.2	102	10	9:41
December	12.1	4.2	69	9	8:56

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Nîmes, Perpignan is 12 days earlier and Saint-Étienne 43 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Avignon	38 km	18 April – 12 August	1 day later
Montpellier	46 km	11 April – 7 September	6 days earlier
Marseille	101 km	from 13 April	4 days earlier
Valence	129 km	1 May – 1 August	14 days later
Perpignan	173 km	5 April – 22 August	12 days earlier
Saint-Étienne	178 km	30 May – 28 July	43 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Nîmes

Buy plants ready to set out from 17 April to 11 August (from 27 March to 11 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 3 February to 20 June. Within 15 km of Nîmes OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries, 8 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Jardiland — garden centre
Mon–Fri 09:00–12:30, 14:00–19:00; Sat 09:00–19:00; Sun 10:00–12:30, 14:30–19:00 · 2 km · jardiland.com
Truffaut — garden centre
09:30–19:00 · 3 km · truffaut.com
Gamm Vert — garden centre
Mon–Sat 09:00–12:00, 15:00–19:00 · 6 km
Rullier Languedoc Roussillon — farm supply
Mon–Fri 08:00–12:00, 14:00–18:00 · 10 km · grouperullier.fr

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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