When to plant tomatoes in Oral (Uralsk): 11 May – 23 June

In Oral (Uralsk), tomato: sow for seedlings from 27 February to 2 May; plant into a greenhouse from 20 April to 23 June; plant out into open ground from 11 May to 23 June.

Tomato in Oral (Uralsk): soil, season and weather

In Oral (Uralsk) the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 17 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 11 May, 24 days later.

Last spring frost	17 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	11 May, 24 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	20 April – 23 June; April outside: 3.5 °C at night, 15.6 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	13 October, 155 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	20 July – 1 September
Days left for picking	85
Daylight	12:08 on 20 March, 15:21 on 11 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 4 rainy days

Tomato in Oral (Uralsk): care after planting

Planted on 11 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

11 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
8 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 Oral (Uralsk) during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in July (29.9 °C) and August (29.3 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: October (12.4 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in May, June and September, October (3.5–14.8 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22.2	9.9	31	7	15:33
June	26.8	14.8	43	6	16:34
July	29.9	17.7	28	5	16:10
August	29.3	16.5	18	4	14:38
September	21	9.6	28	6	12:42
October	12.4	3.5	43	8	10:46

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Oral (Uralsk), Saratov is 2 days earlier and Sterlitamak 16 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Samara	234 km	15 May – 1 July	4 days later
Orenburg	260 km	15 May – 21 June	4 days later
Tolyatti	290 km	11 May – 3 July	same day
Saratov	376 km	9 May – 6 July	2 days earlier
Ulyanovsk	399 km	15 May – 3 July	4 days later
Sterlitamak	405 km	27 May – 16 June	16 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Oral (Uralsk)

Buy plants ready to set out from 11 May to 23 June (from 20 April to 23 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 27 February to 2 May. Within 15 km of Oral (Uralsk) OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery, 18 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Ashyk zhol — market
Сырым Датұлы көшесі 32 · 1 km
Женис — market
микрорайон Женис 13 · 1 km
Караван — market
улица Мирзояна 1 · 2 km
Максим — market
улица Мирзояна 1 · 2 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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