When to plant tomatoes in Padua: 20 April – 8 August

In Padua, tomato: sow for seedlings from 6 February to 17 June; plant into a greenhouse from 30 March to 8 August; plant out into open ground from 20 April to 8 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Casa Fiorita Padova (garden centre, 3 km) and Lovisetto Garden Plant (garden centre, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Padua: soil, season and weather

In Padua the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 10 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 20 April, 41 days later.

Last spring frost	10 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	20 April, 41 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	30 March – 8 August; March outside: 4.1 °C at night, 14.5 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	28 November, 222 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	29 June – 17 October
Days left for picking	152
Daylight	11:00 on 27 February, 13:44 on 20 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 11 rainy days

Tomato in Padua: care after planting

Planted on 20 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

20 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
18 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 Padua during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June (27.4 °C), July (29.4 °C) and August (29.6 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (13 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and September–November (5.1–15.3 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	18.2	7.9	92	10	13:29
May	21.7	12.5	161	16	14:52
June	27.4	17.6	89	11	15:39
July	29.4	19.5	85	11	15:21
August	29.6	19.5	89	10	14:09
September	24.7	15.3	116	11	12:35
October	19.5	10.7	93	9	11:01
November	13	5.1	106	10	9:33

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Padua, Ferrara is 6 days earlier and Verona 13 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Vicenza	30 km	30 April – 4 August	10 days later
Venice	35 km	20 April – 16 August	same day
Treviso	40 km	27 April – 3 August	7 days later
Ferrara	67 km	14 April – 8 August	6 days earlier
Verona	70 km	3 May – 7 August	13 days later
Mantua	90 km	19 April – 8 August	1 day earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Padua

Buy plants ready to set out from 20 April to 8 August (from 30 March to 8 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 6 February to 17 June. Within 15 km of Padua OpenStreetMap lists 14 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 5 markets and 12 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Casa Fiorita Padova — garden centre
Via Cardinal Callegari 61, 35133 Padova · 3 km · casafiorita.net
Lovisetto Garden Plant — garden centre
Via Giuseppe Mazzini 211, 35030 Rubano · 5 km · lovisettogarden.it
Euganea Vivai — garden centre
Via del Gallo, 35142 Abano Terme · 8 km · euganeavivai.it
Vivai Matteo Pistore — garden centre
Via Roma 75, Maser' di Padova · Mon–Sat 08:30–12:30, 15:00–19:30; Sun 08:30–12:30 · 10 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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