When to plant tomatoes in Reggio Calabria: 3 May – 29 August

In Reggio Calabria, tomato: sow for seedlings from 19 February to 8 July; plant into a greenhouse from 12 April to 29 August; plant out into open ground from 3 May to 29 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Edilgarden (garden centre, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Reggio Calabria: soil, season and weather

In Reggio Calabria the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 27 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 3 May, 65 days later.

Last spring frost	27 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	3 May, 65 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	12 April – 29 August; April outside: 8.5 °C at night, 15.3 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	19 December, 230 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 July – 7 November
Days left for picking	160
Daylight	11:47 on 12 March, 13:50 on 3 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 4 rainy days

Tomato in Reggio Calabria: care after planting

Planted on 3 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

3 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
31 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 Reggio Calabria during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in July (28.3 °C) and August (27.3 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (15 °C) and December (11.4 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in May and October–December (6.5–13.2 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.3	12.3	65	8	14:13
June	25.4	17.6	34	6	14:48
July	28.3	20	15	4	14:34
August	27.3	19.8	48	8	13:40
September	23.4	16.6	64	10	12:28
October	19.3	13.2	75	10	11:15
November	15	9.7	108	13	10:08
December	11.4	6.5	98	12	9:32

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Reggio Calabria, Catania is 39 days earlier and Potenza 26 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Messina	12 km	from 25 April	8 days earlier
Catania	84 km	from 25 March	39 days earlier
Cosenza	142 km	13 May – 10 August	10 days later
Palermo	200 km	13 May – 2 September	10 days later
Potenza	282 km	29 May – 5 August	26 days later
Salerno	295 km	21 May – 21 August	18 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Reggio Calabria

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 May to 29 August (from 12 April to 29 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 19 February to 8 July. Within 15 km of Reggio Calabria OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres and 8 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Edilgarden — garden centre
Via Nazionale Pellaro 94, 89134 Reggio di Calabria · 9 km
Mercato Sant'Orsola — market
Mon–Sat 06:00–14:00 · 13 km
Mercato di Sant'Orsola — market
Mon–Sat 06:00–14:00 · 14 km
Mercato rionale di Giostra — market
Viale Giostra · 15 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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