When to plant tomatoes in Tacuarembó: 28 July – 22 February

In Tacuarembó, tomato: sow for seedlings from 16 May to 1 January; plant into a greenhouse from 7 July to 22 February; plant out into open ground from 28 July to 22 February.

Tomato in Tacuarembó: soil, season and weather

In Tacuarembó frost, not soil, sets the date: the top 7 cm of soil warms to 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — around 26 July, 5 days after the last frost on 21 July, so planting waits only for the week after that frost.

Last spring frost	21 July
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	26 July, 5 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	7 July – 22 February; July outside: 7.5 °C at night, 16.8 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	13 June, 321 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	6 October – 2 May
Days left for picking	251
Daylight	10:09 on 6 June, 10:30 on 28 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 8 rainy days

Tomato in Tacuarembó: care after planting

Planted on 28 July: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

28 July — feed: balanced (NPK)
25 August — 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 Tacuarembó during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in December (28.4 °C), January (29.5 °C) and February (29 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April–November (7.5–14.7 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	16.8	7.5	101	8	10:15
August	18.6	8.2	104	8	10:57
September	20.2	10.3	152	10	11:52
October	22.8	12.2	118	9	12:50
November	26	14.7	106	8	13:44
December	28.4	17.2	104	8	14:12
January	29.5	19	108	9	14:00
February	29	18.8	102	10	13:13
March	26.8	16.9	122	9	12:19
April	23.4	14.1	161	10	11:20
May	18.9	10.5	114	9	10:31
June	17	8.3	93	8	10:05

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Tacuarembó, Santa Maria is 5 days earlier and Maldonado 44 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Rivera	99 km	6 August – 18 February	9 days later
Salto	191 km	from 24 July	4 days earlier
Paysandú	209 km	27 July – 6 March	1 day earlier
Santa Maria	307 km	23 July – 21 February	5 days earlier
Colonia del Sacramento	352 km	from 19 August	22 days later
Maldonado	367 km	from 10 September	44 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Tacuarembó

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 July to 22 February (from 7 July to 22 February for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 16 May to 1 January. Within 15 km of Tacuarembó OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery (collected 28 October 2026).

Nursery — plant nursery
11 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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