When to plant tomatoes in Turkistan: 12 April – 13 July

In Turkistan, tomato: sow for seedlings from 29 January to 22 May; plant into a greenhouse from 22 March to 13 July; plant out into open ground from 12 April to 13 July.

Tomato in Turkistan: soil, season and weather

In Turkistan the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 24 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 12 April, 19 days later.

Last spring frost	24 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	12 April, 19 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	22 March – 13 July; March outside: 2.2 °C at night, 14.9 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	2 November, 204 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 June – 21 September
Days left for picking	134
Daylight	10:42 on 19 February, 13:15 on 12 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 0 rainy days

Tomato in Turkistan: care after planting

Planted on 12 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

12 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
10 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 Turkistan during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in May–September (28.3–37.5 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (10.1 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and September–November (-1.5–15.1 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	22.5	8.9	34	7	13:23
May	29.2	15.1	32	4	14:40
June	34.9	19.8	5	2	15:23
July	37.5	22.9	1	0	15:06
August	34.6	20.3	4	1	14:00
September	28.3	13.9	2	1	12:33
October	19.4	5.8	17	4	11:05
November	10.1	-1.5	31	5	9:44

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Turkistan, Namangan is 8 days earlier and Shymkent 8 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Shymkent	151 km	20 April – 16 July	8 days later
Tashkent	235 km	16 April – 16 July	4 days later
Taraz	256 km	20 April – 30 June	8 days later
Kyzylorda	280 km	17 April – 30 June	5 days later
Namangan	379 km	4 April – 19 July	8 days earlier
Samarkand	419 km	10 April – 15 July	2 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Turkistan

Buy plants ready to set out from 12 April to 13 July (from 22 March to 13 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 29 January to 22 May. Within 15 km of Turkistan OpenStreetMap lists 5 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Баян базары — market
улица Ата Турк, Туркестан · 2 km
Яссы оптовый рынок Базар — market
улица Кызыл-Орда тас жолы, Туркестан · 3 km
Жума базар — market
улица О.Жарылкапов, Туркестан · 3 km
Сувенирный рынок — market
Амир Тимур улица · 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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