When to plant tomatoes in Tlemcen: 18 March – 11 September

In Tlemcen, tomato: sow for seedlings from 4 January to 21 July; plant into a greenhouse from 25 February to 11 September; plant out into open ground from 18 March to 11 September.

Tomato in Tlemcen: soil, season and weather

In Tlemcen the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 17 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 18 March, 29 days later.

Last spring frost	17 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	18 March, 29 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	25 February – 11 September; February outside: 7.7 °C at night, 17.4 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	1 January, 289 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	27 May – 20 November
Days left for picking	219
Daylight	10:17 on 25 January, 12:02 on 18 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 0 rainy days

Tomato in Tlemcen: care after planting

Planted on 18 March: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

18 March — feed: balanced (NPK)
15 April — 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 Tlemcen during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June–September (29.8–34.7 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: January (15.6 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in March–May and October–January (6.3–15.1 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	18.8	8.7	81	11	11:56
April	21.4	10.7	68	9	13:03
May	25.4	13.9	29	6	13:59
June	29.9	17.7	10	2	14:29
July	34.4	21.2	2	0	14:17
August	34.7	21.7	6	2	13:29
September	29.8	18.5	22	4	12:26
October	26.3	15.1	26	4	11:21
November	20.1	10.7	40	7	10:21
December	16.8	8	52	8	9:50
January	15.6	6.3	62	8	10:04

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Tlemcen, Elche is 16 days earlier and Granada 56 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Lorca	313 km	20 March – 25 August	2 days later
Granada	328 km	13 May – 6 August	56 days later
Murcia	346 km	from 7 March	11 days earlier
Fez	350 km	from 12 March	6 days earlier
Elche	380 km	from 2 March	16 days earlier
Jaén	390 km	4 April – 27 August	17 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Tlemcen

Buy plants ready to set out from 18 March to 11 September (from 25 February to 11 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 January to 21 July. Within 15 km of Tlemcen OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery and 6 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Pépinière — plant nursery
0 km
Grand marché de Tlemcen — market
1 km
Marché de Gros de Fruits et légumes — market
3 km
Ex souk elfellah Boudghène — market
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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