When to plant tomatoes in Parma: 22 April – 9 August

In Parma, tomato: sow for seedlings from 8 February to 18 June; plant into a greenhouse from 1 April to 9 August; plant out into open ground from 22 April to 9 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Bia Home & Garden (garden centre, 1 km) and Saracchi Piante (garden centre, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Parma: soil, season and weather

In Parma the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 18 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 22 April, 35 days later.

Last spring frost	18 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	22 April, 35 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	1 April – 9 August; April outside: 7.7 °C at night, 18.4 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	29 November, 221 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	1 July – 18 October
Days left for picking	151
Daylight	11:08 on 1 March, 13:48 on 22 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 7 rainy days

Tomato in Parma: care after planting

Planted on 22 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

22 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
20 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 Parma during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June (28.4 °C), July (31.1 °C) and August (30.7 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (12.1 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and September–November (5.4–15.1 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	18.4	7.7	78	9	13:28
May	21.9	12.1	127	15	14:49
June	28.4	17.3	50	7	15:34
July	31.1	19.6	55	8	15:16
August	30.7	19.6	62	8	14:06
September	25.2	15.1	72	9	12:34
October	19.3	10.8	105	9	11:02
November	12.1	5.4	101	10	9:36

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Parma, Piacenza is 5 days earlier and Verona 11 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Modena	50 km	19 April – 10 August	3 days earlier
Mantua	54 km	19 April – 8 August	3 days earlier
Piacenza	58 km	17 April – 11 August	5 days earlier
Brescia	83 km	23 April – 8 August	1 day later
Bologna	87 km	18 April – 9 August	4 days earlier
Verona	88 km	3 May – 7 August	11 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Parma

Buy plants ready to set out from 22 April to 9 August (from 1 April to 9 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 8 February to 18 June. Within 15 km of Parma OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 plant nurseries, 3 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Bia Home & Garden — garden centre
Viale della Villetta 21 · Mon–Fri 09:00–13:00, 14:30–19:30; Sat–Sun 09:00–19:30 · 1 km
Saracchi Piante — garden centre
Strada Traversetolo 103a · 4 km
Azienda Agricola Cosimo Larovere — farm shop
Mon–Sat 10:30–12:30, 16:00–19:00 · 10 km
Parma Vivai — garden centre
7 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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