When to plant tomatoes in Pensacola: 2 February – 29 August

In Pensacola, tomato: sow for seedlings from 21 November to 8 July; plant into a greenhouse from 12 January to 29 August; plant out into open ground from 2 February to 29 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Eggplant Systems and Design, LLC (plant nursery, 3 km) and Pensacola Seed & Garden (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Pensacola: soil, season and weather

In Pensacola frost, not soil, sets the date: the top 7 cm of soil warms to 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — around 28 January, 2 days after the last frost on 26 January, so planting waits only for the week after that frost.

Last spring frost	26 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	28 January, 2 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	12 January – 29 August; January outside: 7.6 °C at night, 15.9 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	19 December, 320 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	13 April – 7 November
Days left for picking	250
Daylight	10:13 on 12 December, 10:46 on 2 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 7 rainy days

Tomato in Pensacola: care after planting

Planted on 2 February: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

2 February — feed: balanced (NPK)
2 March — 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 Pensacola during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in May–September (27.5–30.8 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in February–April and November, December (10.2–15.8 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
February	19.1	11.2	98	11	11:07
March	21.2	13.5	129	13	11:57
April	23.7	15.8	117	11	12:54
May	27.5	20	130	12	13:41
June	30	23.4	161	19	14:06
July	30.8	24.6	162	23	13:56
August	30.8	24.6	194	21	13:16
September	29.6	22.6	139	14	12:23
October	26.2	18	101	8	11:28
November	21.5	12.9	93	7	10:38
December	17.9	10.2	133	11	10:12

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Pensacola, New Orleans is 4 days earlier and Birmingham (United States) 43 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Mobile	89 km	31 January – 25 August	2 days earlier
Gulfport	178 km	14 February – 4 August	12 days later
Montgomery	235 km	8 March – 9 August	34 days later
New Orleans	280 km	29 January – 25 August	4 days earlier
Tallahassee	282 km	29 January – 2 September	4 days earlier
Birmingham (United States)	348 km	17 March – 6 August	43 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Pensacola

Buy plants ready to set out from 2 February to 29 August (from 12 January to 29 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 21 November to 8 July. Within 15 km of Pensacola OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Woerner Landscape Source — garden centre
Creighton Road 1332, 32504 Pensacola · 10 km · woerner.com
Pensacola Seed & Garden — garden centre
Mobile Highway 4915, 32506 Pensacola · Mon–Sun 08:00–17:00 · 7 km
Eggplant Systems and Design, LLC — plant nursery
North 12th Avenue 1010, 32501 Pensacola · 3 km · eggplant.pro
Southway Crane & Rigging — farm supply
Stumpfield Road 208, 32503 Pensacola · 24/7 · 9 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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