When to plant tomatoes in Ravenna: 23 April – 22 August

In Ravenna, tomato: sow for seedlings from 9 February to 1 July; plant into a greenhouse from 2 April to 22 August; plant out into open ground from 23 April to 22 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Laghi Daniele vendita e assistenza tosaerba (farm supply, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Ravenna: soil, season and weather

In Ravenna the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 5 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 23 April, 77 days later.

Last spring frost	5 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	23 April, 77 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	2 April – 22 August; April outside: 9.6 °C at night, 17.4 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	12 December, 233 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	2 July – 31 October
Days left for picking	163
Daylight	11:12 on 2 March, 13:50 on 23 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 6 rainy days

Tomato in Ravenna: care after planting

Planted on 23 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

23 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
21 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 Ravenna during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June (27.1 °C), July (29.3 °C) and August (29 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (14 °C) and December (9.6 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and October–December (3.5–14 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	17.4	9.6	55	9	13:26
May	21.3	14	89	12	14:46
June	27.1	19.2	52	7	15:31
July	29.3	21.3	46	6	15:13
August	29	21.2	58	7	14:04
September	24.9	17.3	78	9	12:34
October	20.1	13.2	67	9	11:03
November	14	7.8	83	10	9:38
December	9.6	3.5	66	8	8:52

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Ravenna, Ferrara is 9 days earlier and Florence 10 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Rimini	49 km	25 April – 22 August	2 days later
San Marino	56 km	25 April – 22 August	2 days later
Ferrara	66 km	14 April – 8 August	9 days earlier
Bologna	69 km	18 April – 9 August	5 days earlier
Florence	103 km	3 May – 7 August	10 days later
Modena	104 km	19 April – 10 August	4 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Ravenna

Buy plants ready to set out from 23 April to 22 August (from 2 April to 22 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 9 February to 1 July. Within 15 km of Ravenna OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop and 3 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Laghi Daniele vendita e assistenza tosaerba — farm supply
Via Sant'Alberto 249, 48123 Ravenna · 3 km
Mercato Ambulante di Piazza Zaccagnini — market
Wed 05:30–14:00, Sat 05:30–14:00 · 1 km
Mercato ambulante Porto Corsini — market
Sun 08:00–12:00 · 11 km
Il Gelso — garden centre
6 km · gardencenterilgelso.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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