When to plant tomatoes in Pescara: 20 April – 20 August

In Pescara, tomato: sow for seedlings from 6 February to 29 June; plant into a greenhouse from 30 March to 20 August; plant out into open ground from 20 April to 20 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Vivaio Wonderland (garden centre, 1 km) and ferraragiardinaggio.it (garden centre, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Pescara: soil, season and weather

In Pescara the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 11 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 20 April, 68 days later.

Last spring frost	11 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	20 April, 68 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	30 March – 20 August; March outside: 6.5 °C at night, 14.7 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	10 December, 234 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	29 June – 29 October
Days left for picking	164
Daylight	11:07 on 27 February, 13:35 on 20 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 6 rainy days

Tomato in Pescara: 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 Pescara during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June (27.4 °C), July (30.1 °C) and August (29.8 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: December (13 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and October–December (5.7–14.2 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	17.8	9.5	52	8	13:21
May	21.8	14.2	63	11	14:35
June	27.4	19.3	39	6	15:17
July	30.1	21.7	41	4	15:00
August	29.8	21.5	40	6	13:56
September	25.6	17.8	57	8	12:32
October	21.3	13.5	56	8	11:07
November	16.6	9.7	111	12	9:48
December	13	5.7	59	10	9:05

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Pescara, Foggia is 15 days earlier and L'Aquila 51 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
L'Aquila	67 km	10 June – 23 July	51 days later
Ancona	140 km	20 April – 21 August	same day
Rome	153 km	14 April – 20 August	6 days earlier
Foggia	158 km	5 April – 30 August	15 days earlier
Perugia	164 km	9 May – 5 August	19 days later
Salerno	204 km	21 May – 21 August	31 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Pescara

Buy plants ready to set out from 20 April to 20 August (from 30 March to 20 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 6 February to 29 June. Within 15 km of Pescara OpenStreetMap lists 17 garden centres, 14 farm-supply shops, 4 plant nurseries, 13 markets and 10 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Vivaio Wonderland — garden centre
Via del Circuito 448, 65024 Pescara · Mon–Fri 09:00–13:00, 15:30–19:30; Sun 09:00–13:00 · 1 km · vivaiowonderland.com
ferraragiardinaggio.it — garden centre
Via Benedetto Croce 125, 65126 Pescara · Mon–Fri 08:30–13:00, 15:30–19:30; Sat 08:30–13:00; Sun 09:00–12:30 · 2 km · ferraragiardinaggio.it
Febo Garden — garden centre
Strada Lungofino 185, 65013 · Mon–Sun 09:00–13:00, 15:30–19:30 · 8 km · puntogarden.it
Vivaio VR — garden centre
Strada Statale 649 di Fondo Valle Alento 85, 66010 Torrevecchia Teatina · 7 km · vivaiovr.it

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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