When to plant tomatoes in Samarkand: 10 April – 15 July

In Samarkand, tomato: sow for seedlings from 27 January to 24 May; plant into a greenhouse from 20 March to 15 July; plant out into open ground from 10 April to 15 July.

Tomato in Samarkand: soil, season and weather

In Samarkand the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 19 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 10 April, 22 days later.

Last spring frost	19 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	10 April, 22 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	20 March – 15 July; March outside: 4 °C at night, 16.2 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	4 November, 208 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	19 June – 23 September
Days left for picking	138
Daylight	10:47 on 17 February, 13:01 on 10 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 0 rainy days

Tomato in Samarkand: care after planting

Planted on 10 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

10 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
8 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 Samarkand during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in May–September (27.8–36.9 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (14.3 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and September–November (1.5–13.6 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	21.5	8.6	71	9	13:14
May	27.8	13.6	60	8	14:21
June	33.9	18.2	6	2	14:57
July	36.9	20.9	1	0	14:43
August	34.6	18.3	3	1	13:46
September	29.9	13.6	6	1	12:30
October	21.6	7.3	33	5	11:13
November	14.3	1.5	40	6	10:01

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Samarkand, Bukhara is 20 days earlier and Shymkent 10 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bukhara	218 km	21 March – 16 July	20 days earlier
Tashkent	266 km	16 April – 16 July	6 days later
Shymkent	372 km	20 April – 16 July	10 days later
Turkistan	419 km	12 April – 13 July	2 days later
Namangan	426 km	4 April – 19 July	6 days earlier
Andijan	474 km	3 April – 19 July	7 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Samarkand

Buy plants ready to set out from 10 April to 15 July (from 20 March to 15 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 27 January to 24 May. Within 15 km of Samarkand OpenStreetMap lists 6 farm-supply shops and 14 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

CHORSU BAZAAR — market
Rowing canal, Konigil massif, Uzbekistan, 140319 Samarkand · Mon–Sun 10:00–23:00 · 9 km
DSK бозор — market
Narpay ko'chasi, Самарканд · 5 km
Aziz bozor — market
Gagarin ko'chasi · 3 km
Railway District Market — market
Mon–Sun 05:00–22:00 · 4 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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