When to plant tomatoes in Toulouse: 25 April – 8 August

In Toulouse, tomato: sow for seedlings from 11 February to 17 June; plant into a greenhouse from 4 April to 8 August; plant out into open ground from 25 April to 8 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Espaces Verts du Languedoc (garden centre, 6 km) and Gamm Vert (garden centre, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Toulouse: soil, season and weather

In Toulouse the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 25 April, 44 days later.

Last spring frost	12 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	25 April, 44 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	4 April – 8 August; April outside: 7.7 °C at night, 17.3 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	28 November, 217 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	4 July – 17 October
Days left for picking	147
Daylight	11:19 on 4 March, 13:52 on 25 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 7 rainy days

Tomato in Toulouse: care after planting

Planted on 25 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

25 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
23 May — 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 Toulouse during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in July (28.4 °C) and August (29.1 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (13.9 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April–June and September–November (6.4–15.5 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	17.3	7.7	63	11	13:24
May	20.8	11	92	14	14:42
June	25.9	15.5	70	10	15:25
July	28.4	17.5	50	7	15:08
August	29.1	17.7	57	7	14:01
September	24.8	14.5	61	9	12:33
October	20.4	11.4	62	10	11:05
November	13.9	6.4	77	13	9:42

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Toulouse, Perpignan is 20 days earlier and Jaca 37 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Pau	149 km	4 May – 14 August	9 days later
Perpignan	155 km	5 April – 22 August	20 days earlier
Montpellier	196 km	11 April – 7 September	14 days earlier
Jaca	199 km	1 June – 11 July	37 days later
Manresa	210 km	20 April – 12 August	5 days earlier
Bordeaux	212 km	19 April – 10 August	6 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Toulouse

Buy plants ready to set out from 25 April to 8 August (from 4 April to 8 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 11 February to 17 June. Within 15 km of Toulouse OpenStreetMap lists 21 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 85 markets and 11 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

So'vert Environnement — garden centre
Rue Caroline Aigle 5, 31480 Sainte-Foy-d'Aigrefeuille · Mon–Fri 08:00–12:00, 14:00–17:00; Sat–Sun closed · 14 km · so-vert.com
Espaces Verts du Languedoc — garden centre
243 route de Bayonne, 31300 Toulouse · Mon–Sat 09:30–12:30, 14:00–18:00 · 6 km · espaces-verts-du-languedoc.fr
Gamm Vert — garden centre
Route de Castres 80 · Mon–Sat 09:00–12:30, 14:00–19:00; Sun closed · 6 km · gammvert.fr
Jardiland — garden centre
Allée de Port-Vendres 2 · Mon–Sat 09:30–12:30, 14:00–19:00 · 6 km · jardiland.com

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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