When to plant tomatoes in Savannah: 17 February – 3 September

In Savannah, tomato: sow for seedlings from 6 December to 13 July; plant into a greenhouse from 27 January to 3 September; plant out into open ground from 17 February to 3 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Northern Tool+Equipment (farm supply, 8 km) and Davis Produce Stand (farm shop, 13 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Savannah: soil, season and weather

In Savannah frost, not soil, sets the date: the top 7 cm of soil warms to 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — around 23 January, 18 days before the last frost on 10 February, so planting waits only for the week after that frost.

Last spring frost	10 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	23 January, 18 days before the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	27 January – 3 September; January outside: 7 °C at night, 15.4 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	24 December, 310 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	28 April – 12 November
Days left for picking	240
Daylight	10:03 on 27 December, 11:06 on 17 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, February, has 8 rainy days

Tomato in Savannah: care after planting

Planted on 17 February: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

17 February — feed: balanced (NPK)
17 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 Savannah during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in May–September (27.8–31.6 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in February–April and November, December (9.2–15.7 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
February	18.8	10.2	70	8	11:03
March	21.3	12.5	82	9	11:57
April	24.3	15.7	77	7	12:57
May	27.8	20.1	95	12	13:47
June	30.2	23.4	119	16	14:14
July	31.6	25	138	19	14:04
August	30.4	24.6	193	22	13:21
September	28.9	22.4	135	14	12:24
October	25.4	17.9	90	7	11:25
November	20.6	12.3	76	7	10:32
December	17.1	9.2	103	9	10:04

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Savannah, Gainesville is 19 days earlier and Athens (United States) 30 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Charleston	135 km	11 February – 30 August	6 days earlier
Jacksonville	202 km	30 January – 6 September	18 days earlier
Columbia	214 km	16 March – 9 August	27 days later
Macon	253 km	12 March – 11 August	23 days later
Gainesville	295 km	29 January – 3 September	19 days earlier
Athens (United States)	297 km	19 March – 2 August	30 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Savannah

Buy plants ready to set out from 17 February to 3 September (from 27 January to 3 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 6 December to 13 July. Within 15 km of Savannah OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Northern Tool+Equipment — farm supply
Abercorn Street 7505, 31406 Savannah · 8 km · northerntool.com
Davis Produce Stand — farm shop
US 80 7755, 31410 Savannah · Mon–Sat 10:00–19:00; Sun 10:00–17:00 · 13 km · davisproduce.com
Herb Creek — garden centre
11 km
Gene's Nursery — plant nursery
10 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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