When to plant tomatoes in Talavera de la Reina: 11 April – 28 August

In Talavera de la Reina, tomato: sow for seedlings from 28 January to 7 July; plant into a greenhouse from 21 March to 28 August; plant out into open ground from 11 April to 28 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Gabinete Técnico Agrícola (farm supply, 1 km) and Delgado (farm supply, 1 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Talavera de la Reina: soil, season and weather

In Talavera de la Reina the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 6 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 11 April, 64 days later.

Last spring frost	6 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	11 April, 64 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	21 March – 28 August; March outside: 5.9 °C at night, 16.2 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	18 December, 251 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	20 June – 6 November
Days left for picking	181
Daylight	10:49 on 18 February, 13:04 on 11 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 1 rainy day

Tomato in Talavera de la Reina: care after planting

Planted on 11 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

11 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
9 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 Talavera de la Reina during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June–September (28.4–34.6 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (15.4 °C) and December (12.4 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and October–December (4.3–12.5 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	19.6	8.6	65	10	13:15
May	24.6	12.5	51	6	14:22
June	30.1	17.3	17	3	15:00
July	34.6	20.8	7	0	14:45
August	34.6	21.1	5	1	13:47
September	28.4	16.5	34	4	12:30
October	23.1	12.5	94	9	11:12
November	15.4	6.9	85	11	10:00
December	12.4	4.3	68	8	9:21

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant tomato later than Talavera de la Reina; the closest date is in Toledo, 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Toledo	69 km	14 April – 16 August	3 days later
Ávila	78 km	14 May – 28 July	33 days later
Plasencia	108 km	16 April – 9 September	5 days later
Madrid	108 km	26 April – 7 August	15 days later
Segovia	124 km	20 May – 19 July	39 days later
Salamanca	132 km	4 May – 3 August	23 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Talavera de la Reina

Buy plants ready to set out from 11 April to 28 August (from 21 March to 28 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 28 January to 7 July. Within 15 km of Talavera de la Reina OpenStreetMap lists 3 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 2 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Gabinete Técnico Agrícola — farm supply
Calle Ángel del Alcázar 5 · 1 km
Delgado — farm supply
Avenida de Pío XII, 45600 Talavera de la Reina · 1 km
Depósito de Parques y Jardines — plant nursery
2 km
Riegos Huertas — farm supply
1 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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