When to plant tomatoes in Novorossiysk: 3 May – 6 August

In Novorossiysk, tomato: sow for seedlings from 19 February to 15 June; plant into a greenhouse from 12 April to 6 August; plant out into open ground from 3 May to 6 August.

Tomato in Novorossiysk: soil, season and weather

In Novorossiysk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 19 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 3 May, 45 days later.

Last spring frost	19 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	3 May, 45 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	12 April – 6 August; April outside: 7.6 °C at night, 15.8 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	26 November, 207 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 July – 15 October
Days left for picking	137
Daylight	11:42 on 12 March, 14:18 on 3 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 7 rainy days

Tomato in Novorossiysk: care after planting

Planted on 3 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

3 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
31 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 Novorossiysk during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in July (29.6 °C) and August (30.6 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (12.6 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in May and September–November (5.6–15.8 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20.1	11.9	74	12	14:48
June	26.1	17.6	62	10	15:33
July	29.6	20.4	36	7	15:16
August	30.6	20.8	38	6	14:06
September	24.5	15.8	58	7	12:34
October	18.2	10.3	58	8	11:02
November	12.6	5.6	80	9	9:36

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Novorossiysk, Krasnodar is 3 days earlier and Rostov-on-Don 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Krasnodar	102 km	30 April – 29 July	3 days earlier
Sochi	201 km	1 May – 24 August	2 days earlier
Taganrog	293 km	2 May – 26 July	1 day earlier
Rostov-on-Don	316 km	5 May – 20 July	2 days later
Stavropol	333 km	5 May – 12 July	2 days later
Samsun	400 km	2 May – 26 August	1 day earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Novorossiysk

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 May to 6 August (from 12 April to 6 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 19 February to 15 June. Within 15 km of Novorossiysk OpenStreetMap lists 10 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

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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