When to plant tomatoes in Oryol: 25 May – 26 June

In Oryol, tomato: sow for seedlings from 13 March to 5 May; plant into a greenhouse from 4 May to 26 June; plant out into open ground from 25 May to 26 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Мир семян (farm supply, 1 km) and Орелсортсемовощ (farm supply, 1 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Oryol: soil, season and weather

In Oryol the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 28 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 25 May, 27 days later.

Last spring frost	28 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	25 May, 27 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	4 May – 26 June; May outside: 7.4 °C at night, 18.2 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	16 October, 144 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	3 August – 4 September
Days left for picking	74
Daylight	13:07 on 3 April, 16:17 on 25 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 7 rainy days

Tomato in Oryol: care after planting

Planted on 25 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

25 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
22 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 Oryol 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. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: October (11.2 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 3.9 °C to 14.7 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	18.2	7.4	69	12	15:48
June	22.9	12.6	71	11	16:53
July	24.5	14.7	78	13	16:27
August	24.3	13.9	63	9	14:48
September	18.6	9.1	44	7	12:45
October	11.2	3.9	63	12	10:41

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Oryol, Stary Oskol is 17 days earlier and Tula 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bryansk	122 km	25 May – 30 June	same day
Kursk	138 km	16 May – 1 July	9 days earlier
Tula	170 km	27 May – 25 June	2 days later
Kaluga	174 km	25 May – 21 June	same day
Shostka	216 km	17 May – 30 June	8 days earlier
Stary Oskol	222 km	8 May – 2 July	17 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Oryol

Buy plants ready to set out from 25 May to 26 June (from 4 May to 26 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 March to 5 May. Within 15 km of Oryol OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 7 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Усадьба — garden centre
Инженерная улица 5, 302019 Орёл · Mon–Sat 10:00–19:00 · 3 km
Мир семян — farm supply
Октябрьская улица 42, Орёл · 1 km
Орелсортсемовощ — farm supply
улица Гуртьева 14, Орёл · 1 km
Центральный рынок — market
Рыночный переулок 2, Орёл · 1 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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