When to plant tomatoes in Toluca: 27 February – 4 September

In Toluca, tomato: sow for seedlings from 16 December to 14 July; plant into a greenhouse from 6 February to 4 September; plant out into open ground from 27 February to 4 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Pronamex Oficinas Centrales Toluca (farm supply, 1 km) and Central Agroindustrial Mexiquense (farm supply, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Toluca: soil, season and weather

In Toluca the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 24 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 27 February, 34 days later.

Last spring frost	24 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	27 February, 34 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	6 February – 4 September; February outside: 5.1 °C at night, 19.4 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	25 December, 301 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	8 May – 13 November
Days left for picking	231
Daylight	11:01 on 6 January, 11:43 on 27 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, December, has 5 rainy days

Tomato in Toluca: care after planting

Planted on 27 February: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

27 February — feed: balanced (NPK)
27 March — 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 Toluca during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, April, averages 22.4 °C. Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 4.7 °C to 9.5 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
February	19.4	5.1	21	5	11:31
March	21.4	6.5	27	6	12:01
April	22.4	7.9	31	9	12:34
May	22.3	9.1	89	15	13:02
June	20	9.5	210	19	13:17
July	17.9	8.8	170	25	13:11
August	18	8.9	184	23	12:48
September	17.9	9.1	224	21	12:16
October	17.9	7.8	104	14	11:43
November	18.2	6.1	36	6	11:14
December	17.3	4.7	18	5	10:59

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Toluca, Aguascalientes is 45 days earlier and Morelia 10 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Pachuca	135 km	6 February – 21 August	21 days earlier
Morelia	166 km	9 March – 1 September	10 days later
San Luis Potosí	347 km	7 March – 25 August	8 days later
Aguascalientes	397 km	13 January – 22 August	45 days earlier
Zacatecas	492 km	5 February – 6 August	22 days earlier
Saltillo	697 km	27 February – 6 August	same day

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Toluca

Buy plants ready to set out from 27 February to 4 September (from 6 February to 4 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 16 December to 14 July. Within 15 km of Toluca OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 191 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery and 11 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Invernadero Santa Maria — garden centre
Huitzilhuitl, 50200 · 8 km
Pronamex Oficinas Centrales Toluca — farm supply
Calle Doctor Juan Rodríguez, 50120 · 1 km
Central Agroindustrial Mexiquense — farm supply
Calle Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, 50060 · Mon–Sat 10:00–17:00 · 2 km
Agrocolmex — farm supply
Calle Doctor José María Luis Mora, 50170 Toluca · 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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