When to plant tomatoes in Tambov: 11 May – 29 June

In Tambov, tomato: sow for seedlings from 27 February to 8 May; plant into a greenhouse from 20 April to 29 June; plant out into open ground from 11 May to 29 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Инор (garden centre, 10 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Tambov: soil, season and weather

In Tambov the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 29 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 11 May, 12 days later.

Last spring frost	29 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	11 May, 12 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	20 April – 29 June; April outside: 2.9 °C at night, 13.9 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	19 October, 161 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	20 July – 7 September
Days left for picking	91
Daylight	12:08 on 20 March, 15:33 on 11 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 6 rainy days

Tomato in Tambov: care after planting

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

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

11 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
8 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 Tambov during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 26 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: October (11.3 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 3.9 °C to 15.4 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.4	7.9	55	10	15:46
June	23.8	12.9	64	11	16:51
July	26	15.4	64	10	16:25
August	25.9	14.6	33	6	14:47
September	19	9.2	41	6	12:44
October	11.3	3.9	58	11	10:42

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Tambov, Stary Oskol is 3 days earlier and Ryazan 12 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Lipetsk	129 km	11 May – 27 June	same day
Voronezh	194 km	15 May – 9 July	4 days later
Ryazan	239 km	23 May – 3 July	12 days later
Penza	244 km	20 May – 25 June	9 days later
Stary Oskol	293 km	8 May – 2 July	3 days earlier
Saransk	294 km	23 May – 24 June	12 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Tambov

Buy plants ready to set out from 11 May to 29 June (from 20 April to 29 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 27 February to 8 May. Within 15 km of Tambov OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 6 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Инор — garden centre
Mon–Sun 09:00–18:00 · 10 km
Крытый рынок — market
Коммунальная улица 21А, Тамбов · 2 km
Центральный рынок — market
Tue–Sun 09:00–17:00 · 2 km
Микрорынок — market
Клубная улица · 6 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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