When to plant tomatoes in Novokuznetsk: 5 June – 10 June

In Novokuznetsk, tomato: sow for seedlings from 24 March to 19 April; plant into a greenhouse from 15 May to 10 June; plant out into open ground from 5 June to 10 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Дом и сад (garden centre, 2 km) and Комбикорма (farm supply, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Novokuznetsk: soil, season and weather

In Novokuznetsk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 14 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 5 June, 22 days later. 117 days separate planting out (5 June) from the first autumn frost (30 September); the card's 70 days to the first harvest leave 47 for picking, so a start 6 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	14 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	5 June, 22 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	15 May – 10 June; May outside: 5.2 °C at night, 17.2 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	30 September, 117 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	14 August – 19 August
Days left for picking	47
Daylight	13:55 on 14 April, 16:51 on 5 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 12 rainy days

Tomato in Novokuznetsk: care after planting

Planted on 5 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

5 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
3 July — 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 Novokuznetsk during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 24.5 °C. Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 6 °C to 14.7 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.5	12.4	76	12	17:03
July	24.5	14.7	94	14	16:36
August	22.6	12.4	76	13	14:53
September	16.1	6	61	12	12:46

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Novokuznetsk, Oskemen is 23 days earlier and Krasnoyarsk 5 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Kemerovo	189 km	31 May – 6 June	5 days earlier
Barnaul	227 km	25 May – 9 June	11 days earlier
Novosibirsk	307 km	29 May – 8 June	7 days earlier
Tomsk	334 km	6 June – 7 June	1 day later
Krasnoyarsk	442 km	10 June – 19 July	5 days later
Oskemen	525 km	13 May – 11 June	23 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Novokuznetsk

Buy plants ready to set out from 5 June to 10 June (from 15 May to 10 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 March to 19 April. Within 15 km of Novokuznetsk OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 3 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Дом и сад — garden centre
улица Пирогова 9Б, 654005 Новокузнецк · 2 km · semena-sad.ru
Треугольник — garden centre
Mon–Sun 08:00–20:00 · 8 km · treugolnik-tpk.taplink.ws
Корма Алтая — farm supply
Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00; Sat 09:00–14:00 · 9 km · korma42.ru
Комбикорма — farm supply
Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00; Sat 09:00–16:00; Sun 09:00–15:00 · 3 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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