When to plant tomatoes in Temuco: 24 November – 31 January

In Temuco, tomato: sow for seedlings from 12 September to 10 December; plant into a greenhouse from 3 November to 31 January; plant out into open ground from 24 November to 31 January. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Ducasse (farm supply, 1 km) and Famari (farm supply, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Temuco: soil, season and weather

In Temuco the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 5 September, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 24 November, 80 days later.

Last spring frost	5 September
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	24 November, 80 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	3 November – 31 January; November outside: 7.9 °C at night, 18.7 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	22 May, 180 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	2 February – 10 April
Days left for picking	110
Daylight	12:33 on 3 October, 14:29 on 24 November
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, February, has 4 rainy days

Tomato in Temuco: care after planting

Planted on 24 November: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

24 November — feed: balanced (NPK)
22 December — 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 Temuco during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, February, averages 25 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: May (13.6 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 5.5 °C to 11.4 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
November	18.7	7.9	56	8	14:13
December	22	9.5	40	6	14:51
January	24.3	10.7	29	4	14:35
February	25	11.4	22	4	13:33
March	21.4	9.5	69	7	12:23
April	16.9	7.5	110	11	11:06
May	13.6	5.5	138	12	10:03

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Temuco, Chillán is 34 days earlier and Bariloche 40 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Valdivia	131 km	18 November – 22 February	6 days earlier
Los Ángeles	143 km	30 October – 9 February	25 days earlier
Osorno	208 km	25 November – 10 February	1 day later
Concepción	216 km	8 November – 21 February	16 days earlier
Chillán	241 km	21 October – 20 February	34 days earlier
Bariloche	290 km	from 3 January	40 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Temuco

Buy plants ready to set out from 24 November to 31 January (from 3 November to 31 January for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 12 September to 10 December. Within 15 km of Temuco OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 8 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 7 markets and 15 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Vivero Jardín Edén — garden centre
Ruta S-40 04715, Villa Santa Luisa · 6 km
Ducasse — farm supply
General Mackenna, Temuco · 1 km
Famari — farm supply
Lautaro, Temuco · 2 km
Mercado Padre Las Casas — market
Aillacara 1585, Padre Las Casas · 3 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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