When to plant tomatoes in Nottingham: 26 May – 3 August

In Nottingham, tomato: sow for seedlings from 14 March to 12 June; plant into a greenhouse from 5 May to 3 August; plant out into open ground from 26 May to 3 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include The Potting Shed (garden centre, 3 km) and Compost Corner (garden centre, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Nottingham: soil, season and weather

In Nottingham the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 7 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 26 May, 49 days later.

Last spring frost	7 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	26 May, 49 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	5 May – 3 August; May outside: 7.8 °C at night, 16.7 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	23 November, 181 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	4 August – 12 October
Days left for picking	111
Daylight	13:11 on 4 April, 16:19 on 26 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 12 rainy days

Tomato in Nottingham: care after planting

Planted on 26 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

26 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
23 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 Nottingham during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 21.4 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: October (14.3 °C) and November (9.8 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 4.5 °C to 13 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	16.7	7.8	63	11	15:48
June	19.7	11.1	67	11	16:53
July	21.4	13	73	14	16:27
August	21	12.8	62	12	14:48
September	18.4	10.6	72	12	12:45
October	14.3	8.2	80	14	10:41
November	9.8	4.5	71	12	8:43

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Tomato in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant tomato later than Nottingham; the closest date is in Leicester, 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Derby	22 km	2 June – 2 August	7 days later
Leicester	34 km	27 May – 30 July	1 day later
Lincoln (United Kingdom)	51 km	27 May – 30 July	1 day later
Sheffield	52 km	4 June – 2 August	9 days later
Coventry	65 km	28 May – 28 July	2 days later
Stoke-on-Trent	70 km	31 May – 26 July	5 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Nottingham

Buy plants ready to set out from 26 May to 3 August (from 5 May to 3 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 14 March to 12 June. Within 15 km of Nottingham OpenStreetMap lists 34 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 plant nurseries, 10 markets and 12 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

The Potting Shed — garden centre
Carlton Hill 317, NG4 1GL Nottingham · Mon–Fri 09:00–17:00; Sat 09:00–17:30 · 3 km
Bardill's Garden and Aquatic Centre — garden centre
Toton Lane 225, NG9 7JB Nottingham · 8 km · bardills.com
Reuben Shaw and Sons Nurserymen — garden centre
Moorgreen 121, NG16 2FF Nottingham · 12 km · reubenshaw.co.uk
Compost Corner — garden centre
High Road 95, NG9 2LN Nottingham · 5 km · compostcorner.co.uk

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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