When to plant tomatoes in Orenburg: 15 May – 21 June

In Orenburg, tomato: sow for seedlings from 3 March to 30 April; plant into a greenhouse from 24 April to 21 June; plant out into open ground from 15 May to 21 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Центр Садовода (farm supply, 1 km) and Центр Садовода (farm supply, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Orenburg: soil, season and weather

In Orenburg the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 25 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 15 May, 20 days later.

Last spring frost	25 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	15 May, 20 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	24 April – 21 June; April outside: 2.1 °C at night, 15 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	11 October, 149 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	24 July – 30 August
Days left for picking	79
Daylight	12:24 on 24 March, 15:37 on 15 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 5 rainy days

Tomato in Orenburg: care after planting

Planted on 15 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

15 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
12 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 Orenburg during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in July (29.4 °C) and August (28.3 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: October (11.5 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in May, June and August–October (2.4–15.3 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22	8.8	40	7	15:37
June	26.4	13.9	38	7	16:39
July	29.4	16.7	38	6	16:15
August	28.3	15.3	27	5	14:41
September	19.9	8.5	31	6	12:43
October	11.5	2.4	43	8	10:45

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Orenburg, Oral (Uralsk) is 4 days earlier and Sterlitamak 12 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Sterlitamak	216 km	27 May – 16 June	12 days later
Aktobe	220 km	16 May – 19 June	1 day later
Oral (Uralsk)	260 km	11 May – 23 June	4 days earlier
Magnitogorsk	320 km	26 May – 6 June	11 days later
Ufa	335 km	17 May – 11 June	2 days later
Samara	371 km	15 May – 1 July	same day

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Orenburg

Buy plants ready to set out from 15 May to 21 June (from 24 April to 21 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 3 March to 30 April. Within 15 km of Orenburg OpenStreetMap lists 11 farm-supply shops, 11 markets and 37 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Центр Садовода — farm supply
Промышленная улица 5/5, Оренбург · Mon–Sun 09:00–19:00 · 5 km · centr-sadovoda.ru
Центр Садовода — farm supply
Mon–Sun 09:00–19:00 · 1 km · centr-sadovoda.ru
Центр Садовода — farm supply
Mon–Sun 09:00–20:00 · 4 km · centr-sadovoda.ru
Центр Садовода — farm supply
Mon–Sun 09:00–19:00 · 4 km · centr-sadovoda.ru

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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