When to plant tomatoes in Sucre: 12 August – 10 March

In Sucre, tomato: sow for seedlings from 31 May to 18 January; plant into a greenhouse from 22 July to 10 March; plant out into open ground from 12 August to 10 March.

Tomato in Sucre: soil, season and weather

In Sucre frost, not soil, sets the date: the top 7 cm of soil averages 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — already in the first week of July, before the last frost on 5 August, so planting waits only for the week after that frost.

Last spring frost	5 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	already in the first week of July
Into an unheated greenhouse	22 July – 10 March; July outside: 6.2 °C at night, 20.1 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	30 June, 323 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 October – 19 May
Days left for picking	253
Daylight	10:59 on 21 June, 11:25 on 12 August
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 2 rainy days

Tomato in Sucre: care after planting

Planted on 12 August: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

12 August — feed: balanced (NPK)
9 September — 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 Sucre during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, October, averages 22.9 °C. Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 6.1 °C to 11.2 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
August	20.9	6.5	17	4	11:27
September	22.6	9.1	28	7	11:58
October	22.9	10.2	63	13	12:31
November	22.5	10.8	81	15	13:00
December	20.6	11.2	143	22	13:16
January	20.2	11.1	153	23	13:09
February	19.3	11	142	22	12:43
March	18.8	10.7	135	22	12:13
April	19.1	9.7	65	12	11:40
May	19.7	8	17	5	11:14
June	19.8	6.1	8	2	10:59

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant tomato later than Sucre; the closest date is in Calama, 5 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Potosí	80 km	from 28 November	108 days later
Cochabamba	206 km	21 August – 1 March	9 days later
Oruro	226 km	3 October – 8 January	52 days later
Tarija	283 km	3 September – 21 February	22 days later
La Paz	416 km	28 October – 29 December	77 days later
Calama	539 km	from 17 August	5 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Sucre

Buy plants ready to set out from 12 August to 10 March (from 22 July to 10 March for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 31 May to 18 January. Within 15 km of Sucre OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop and 14 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado Salvador Sánchez — market
Calle Batalla de Junín 366, Sucre · 1 km
Mercado Canada — market
Avenida Canadá, Sucre · 1 km
Mercado Central — market
Calle Batalla de Junín, Sucre · 2 km
MICROMERCADO LUISIÑO — market
Calle Inca Garcilaso de la Vega · 2 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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