When to plant tomatoes in Tallahassee: 29 January – 2 September

In Tallahassee, tomato: sow for seedlings from 17 November to 12 July; plant into a greenhouse from 8 January to 2 September; plant out into open ground from 29 January to 2 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Native Nurseries (plant nursery, 5 km) and Esposito Garden Center (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Tallahassee: soil, season and weather

In Tallahassee frost, not soil, sets the date: the top 7 cm of soil warms to 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — around 20 January, 2 days before the last frost on 22 January, so planting waits only for the week after that frost.

Last spring frost	22 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	20 January, 2 days before the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	8 January – 2 September; January outside: 6.9 °C at night, 16.8 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	23 December, 328 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	9 April – 11 November
Days left for picking	258
Daylight	10:15 on 8 December, 10:40 on 29 January
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 6 rainy days

Tomato in Tallahassee: care after planting

Planted on 29 January: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

29 January — feed: balanced (NPK)
26 February — 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 Tallahassee during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in May–October (27.5–32.2 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in November–April (6.9–14.6 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
January	16.8	6.9	116	9	10:23
February	20.7	10.3	88	8	11:07
March	23.3	12.2	113	10	11:57
April	26.2	14.6	106	8	12:54
May	30.3	18.8	95	11	13:41
June	32.1	22.2	140	18	14:06
July	32.2	23.4	150	21	13:56
August	31.8	23.3	167	21	13:16
September	30.7	21.5	130	13	12:23
October	27.5	17.1	55	6	11:28
November	22.5	11.9	47	6	10:38
December	18.8	9.3	104	8	10:12

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Tallahassee, Tampa is 4 days earlier and Macon 42 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Gainesville	207 km	29 January – 3 September	same day
Jacksonville	252 km	30 January – 6 September	1 day later
Macon	272 km	12 March – 11 August	42 days later
Pensacola	282 km	2 February – 29 August	4 days later
Montgomery	288 km	8 March – 9 August	38 days later
Tampa	328 km	25 January – 3 September	4 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Tallahassee

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 January to 2 September (from 8 January to 2 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 17 November to 12 July. Within 15 km of Tallahassee OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres and 3 plant nurseries (collected 28 October 2026).

Esposito Garden Center — garden centre
Mon–Sat 07:30–18:00; Sun 08:00–18:00 · 7 km · espositogardencenter.com
Native Nurseries — plant nursery
Centerville Road 1661, 32308 Tallahassee · Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00; Sat 09:00–17:00 · 5 km · nativenurseries.com
Heinz Nurseries — plant nursery
Bradfordville Road 4140, 32309 Tallahassee · Mon–Sat 08:00–18:00; Sun 10:00–16:00 · 15 km · heinznurseries.com
Walmart Garden Center — garden centre
8 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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