When to plant tomatoes in Stary Oskol: 8 May – 2 July

In Stary Oskol, tomato: sow for seedlings from 24 February to 11 May; plant into a greenhouse from 17 April to 2 July; plant out into open ground from 8 May to 2 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Усадьба (garden centre, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Stary Oskol: soil, season and weather

In Stary Oskol the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 23 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 8 May, 15 days later.

Last spring frost	23 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	8 May, 15 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	17 April – 2 July; April outside: 3.7 °C at night, 14.4 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	22 October, 167 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	17 July – 10 September
Days left for picking	97
Daylight	11:56 on 17 March, 15:12 on 8 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 6 rainy days

Tomato in Stary Oskol: care after planting

Planted on 8 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

8 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
5 June — 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 Stary Oskol during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 26.5 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: October (12.5 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in May, June and August–October (4.7–15.4 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.4	8.7	65	13	15:34
June	24.5	14	69	11	16:34
July	26.4	16	73	11	16:10
August	26.5	15.4	35	6	14:38
September	20.1	10	35	6	12:42
October	12.5	4.7	58	9	10:46

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Stary Oskol, Kharkiv is 1 day earlier and Kursk 8 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Voronezh	102 km	15 May – 9 July	7 days later
Belgorod	118 km	8 May – 30 June	same day
Kursk	125 km	16 May – 1 July	8 days later
Lipetsk	185 km	11 May – 27 June	3 days later
Kharkiv	185 km	7 May – 1 July	1 day earlier
Sumy	217 km	15 May – 30 June	7 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Stary Oskol

Buy plants ready to set out from 8 May to 2 July (from 17 April to 2 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 February to 11 May. Within 15 km of Stary Oskol OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 3 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Усадьба — garden centre
микрорайон Надежда 5, Старый Оскол · 4 km
Рынок Юбилейный — market
проспект Алексея Угарова 2, Старый Оскол · Tue–Sun 07:00–18:00 · 3 km
Рынок "Солнечный" — market
Солнечный микрорайон, 309502 Старый Оскол · 4 km
Парус — garden centre
3 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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