When to plant tomatoes in Sochi: 1 May – 24 August

In Sochi, tomato: sow for seedlings from 17 February to 3 July; plant into a greenhouse from 10 April to 24 August; plant out into open ground from 1 May to 24 August.

Tomato in Sochi: soil, season and weather

In Sochi 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 1 May, 63 days later.

Last spring frost	27 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	1 May, 63 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	10 April – 24 August; April outside: 8.7 °C at night, 16 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	14 December, 227 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	10 July – 2 November
Days left for picking	157
Daylight	11:37 on 10 March, 14:08 on 1 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 9 rainy days

Tomato in Sochi: care after planting

Planted on 1 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

1 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
29 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 Sochi during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in July (27.1 °C) and August (28.4 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (15.7 °C) and December (11.6 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in May and October–December (5.5–12.9 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.7	12.9	135	14	14:42
June	24.6	18	110	13	15:25
July	27.1	20.5	120	11	15:08
August	28.4	21.5	73	9	14:01
September	24.5	17.6	155	12	12:33
October	19.8	12.6	168	11	11:05
November	15.7	8.8	146	12	9:42
December	11.6	5.5	210	16	8:58

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Sochi, Trabzon is 35 days earlier and Stavropol 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Krasnodar	171 km	30 April – 29 July	1 day earlier
Novorossiysk	201 km	3 May – 6 August	2 days later
Stavropol	240 km	5 May – 12 July	4 days later
Batumi	269 km	18 April – 23 August	13 days earlier
Kutaisi	284 km	29 April – 30 August	2 days earlier
Trabzon	288 km	27 March – 23 August	35 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Sochi

Buy plants ready to set out from 1 May to 24 August (from 10 April to 24 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 17 February to 3 July. Within 15 km of Sochi OpenStreetMap lists 10 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Ярмарка выходного дня — market
Thu–Sat 08:00–19:00 · 2 km
ТК "Вертодром" — market
Mon–Sun 08:00–19:00 · 3 km
Ярмарка выходного дня — market
Fri–Sun 08:00–17:00 · 7 km
Ярмарка — market
Армавирская улица 100 · 9 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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