When to plant tomatoes in Toledo (United States): 9 May – 18 July

In Toledo (United States), tomato: sow for seedlings from 25 February to 27 May; plant into a greenhouse from 18 April to 18 July; plant out into open ground from 9 May to 18 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Hoen's Garden Center & Landscaping (garden centre, 14 km) and Black Diamond Nursery (garden centre, 15 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Toledo (United States): soil, season and weather

In Toledo (United States) the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 22 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 9 May, 17 days later.

Last spring frost	22 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	9 May, 17 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	18 April – 18 July; April outside: 4.6 °C at night, 14.3 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	7 November, 182 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	18 July – 26 September
Days left for picking	112
Daylight	12:01 on 18 March, 14:18 on 9 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 8 rainy days

Tomato in Toledo (United States): care after planting

Planted on 9 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

9 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
6 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 Toledo (United States) during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in July (28.6 °C) and August (27.2 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (9.8 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in May and September–November (2.4–15.8 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20.7	11.3	95	13	14:31
June	26.6	17.2	78	11	15:11
July	28.6	19.6	96	12	14:55
August	27.2	18.7	83	11	13:53
September	24.1	15.8	59	8	12:31
October	17.8	9.5	82	11	11:09
November	9.8	2.4	63	9	9:52

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Toledo (United States)'s date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ann Arbor	72 km	17 May – 16 July	8 days later
Windsor	84 km	14 May – 18 July	5 days later
Detroit	86 km	14 May – 18 July	5 days later
Lansing	145 km	16 May – 13 July	7 days later
Fort Wayne	148 km	9 May – 13 July	same day
Cleveland	154 km	14 May – 1 August	5 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Toledo (United States)

Buy plants ready to set out from 9 May to 18 July (from 18 April to 18 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 February to 27 May. Within 15 km of Toledo (United States) OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 5 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 29 October 2026).

Hoen's Garden Center & Landscaping — garden centre
Perrysburg Holland Road 1710, 43528 Holland · 14 km · hoensgardencenter.com
Black Diamond Nursery — garden centre
Eckel Junction Road 12320, 43551 Perrysburg · 15 km
Flick's Package Liquor, Inc. — market
West Sterns Road 3320, 48144 Lambertville · 13 km
Randy's Farm Market — garden centre
13 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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