When to plant tomatoes in Turin: 16 April – 31 July

In Turin, tomato: sow for seedlings from 2 February to 9 June; plant into a greenhouse from 26 March to 31 July; plant out into open ground from 16 April to 31 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Fratelli Sgaravatti (garden centre, 2 km) and Floricoltura Robazza (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Turin: soil, season and weather

In Turin the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 16 April, 31 days later.

Last spring frost	16 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	16 April, 31 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	26 March – 31 July; March outside: 3 °C at night, 14.2 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	20 November, 218 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	25 June – 9 October
Days left for picking	148
Daylight	10:49 on 23 February, 13:31 on 16 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 9 rainy days

Tomato in Turin: care after planting

Planted on 16 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

16 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
14 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 Turin during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June (27.5 °C), July (30.2 °C) and August (29.9 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (11.6 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and September–November (3.4–14.4 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	18.2	7.2	91	10	13:28
May	21.5	11.4	130	15	14:50
June	27.5	17	81	12	15:36
July	30.2	19.2	72	10	15:18
August	29.9	18.9	77	10	14:07
September	24.4	14.4	66	9	12:35
October	18.7	9.8	84	9	11:01
November	11.6	3.4	97	9	9:34

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Turin, Milan is 1 day earlier and Aosta 79 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Aosta	80 km	from 4 July	79 days later
Novara	84 km	18 April – 2 August	2 days later
Genoa	122 km	30 May – 6 August	44 days later
Milan	125 km	15 April – 10 August	1 day earlier
Sion	132 km	21 June – 29 June	66 days later
Como	136 km	30 April – 3 August	14 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Turin

Buy plants ready to set out from 16 April to 31 July (from 26 March to 31 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 2 February to 9 June. Within 15 km of Turin OpenStreetMap lists 19 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 4 plant nurseries, 56 markets and 12 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Floricoltura Robazza — garden centre
Via Settimo 248, 10099 San Mauro Torinese · Fri–Sat 09:00–12:30, 15:00–19:00; Sun 10:00–13:00 · 7 km · floricolturarobazza.it
Garden Planet — garden centre
Corso canonico Giuseppe Allamano 61, 10095 Grugliasco · Mon–Sun 09:00–19:30 · 8 km · gardenplanet.it
Il Filo d'Erba — garden centre
Via Roma 9, 10040 Rivalta di Torino · 14 km · ilfiloderba.it
Fratelli Sgaravatti — garden centre
Via Moncalvo 47, 10131 Torino · 2 km · fratellisgaravatti.it

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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