When to plant tomatoes in Novara: 18 April – 2 August

In Novara, tomato: sow for seedlings from 4 February to 11 June; plant into a greenhouse from 28 March to 2 August; plant out into open ground from 18 April to 2 August.

Tomato in Novara: soil, season and weather

In Novara the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 18 April, 29 days later.

Last spring frost	20 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	18 April, 29 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	28 March – 2 August; March outside: 3.2 °C at night, 14.1 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	22 November, 218 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	27 June – 11 October
Days left for picking	148
Daylight	10:54 on 25 February, 13:39 on 18 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, April, has 11 rainy days

Tomato in Novara: care after planting

Planted on 18 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

18 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
16 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 Novara during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in July (28.5 °C) and August (28.3 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (12 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and September–November (3.8–14.5 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	18	7.4	111	11	13:29
May	21.3	11.7	178	17	14:53
June	26.7	16.8	145	14	15:39
July	28.5	18.6	146	14	15:21
August	28.3	18.6	157	12	14:09
September	23.5	14.5	127	11	12:35
October	18.5	10	174	12	11:01
November	12	3.8	124	11	9:32

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Novara, Milan is 3 days earlier and Locarno 82 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Milan	44 km	15 April – 10 August	3 days earlier
Como	54 km	30 April – 3 August	12 days later
Lugano	66 km	28 April – 15 August	10 days later
Locarno	81 km	9 July – 14 July	82 days later
Turin	84 km	16 April – 31 July	2 days earlier
Bergamo	86 km	11 May – 29 July	23 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Novara

Buy plants ready to set out from 18 April to 2 August (from 28 March to 2 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 February to 11 June. Within 15 km of Novara OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Fasoli Piante — garden centre
6 km
Mercato Coperto — market
1 km
Molino Pallanza — farm shop
13 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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