When to plant tomatoes in Ourense: 12 May – 13 August

In Ourense, tomato: sow for seedlings from 28 February to 22 June; plant into a greenhouse from 21 April to 13 August; plant out into open ground from 12 May to 13 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include AgroFarixa (farm supply, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Ourense: soil, season and weather

In Ourense the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 25 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 12 May, 48 days later.

Last spring frost	25 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	12 May, 48 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	21 April – 13 August; April outside: 6.1 °C at night, 16.4 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	3 December, 205 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 July – 22 October
Days left for picking	135
Daylight	12:10 on 21 March, 14:28 on 12 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 4 rainy days

Tomato in Ourense: care after planting

Planted on 12 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

12 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
9 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 Ourense during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in August (27.7 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (13.3 °C) and December (11.1 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 4.2 °C to 14.3 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.6	8.8	82	12	14:35
June	22.7	11.9	67	11	15:16
July	26.9	14	19	5	15:00
August	27.7	14.3	16	4	13:56
September	23.4	12	54	8	12:32
October	19.5	10	143	13	11:07
November	13.3	6.2	141	15	9:49
December	11.1	4.2	144	14	9:06

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Ourense, Vigo is 37 days earlier and Lugo 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Pontevedra	65 km	from 21 April	21 days earlier
Vigo	72 km	from 5 April	37 days earlier
Lugo	78 km	15 May – 14 August	3 days later
Santiago de Compostela	81 km	14 May – 27 August	2 days later
Braga	99 km	13 April – 2 September	29 days earlier
Ponferrada	107 km	10 May – 7 August	2 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Ourense

Buy plants ready to set out from 12 May to 13 August (from 21 April to 13 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 28 February to 22 June. Within 15 km of Ourense OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries and 2 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

AgroFarixa — farm supply
Rúa da Ermida 3, 32005 Ourense · Mon–Fri 09:00–13:30, 16:00–21:00; Sat 09:00–14:00 · 2 km
Praza de Abastos — market
Praza de Abastos, 32001 Ourense · 24/7 · 1 km
Plaza de Abastos Provisional — market
Praza de Abastos Provisional · 1 km
Viveiros Alecrín — garden centre
10 km · viveirosalecrin.com

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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