When to plant tomatoes in Veliky Novgorod: 27 May – 29 June

In Veliky Novgorod, tomato: sow for seedlings from 15 March to 8 May; plant into a greenhouse from 6 May to 29 June; plant out into open ground from 27 May to 29 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Садово дачный (garden centre, 3 km) and Дар Земли (garden centre, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Veliky Novgorod: soil, season and weather

In Veliky Novgorod the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 2 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 27 May, 25 days later.

Last spring frost	2 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	27 May, 25 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	6 May – 29 June; May outside: 5.8 °C at night, 16.9 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	19 October, 145 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	5 August – 7 September
Days left for picking	75
Daylight	13:32 on 5 April, 17:33 on 27 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 10 rainy days

Tomato in Veliky Novgorod: care after planting

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

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

27 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
24 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 Veliky Novgorod during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 22.8 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: October (9 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 3.5 °C to 13.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	16.9	5.8	50	11	16:47
June	21.9	11.7	81	12	18:18
July	22.8	13.9	100	16	17:40
August	21.6	12.8	90	15	15:29
September	16.5	9	49	10	12:54
October	9	3.5	75	14	10:22

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Tomato in nearby cities

2 of the nearest cities share Veliky Novgorod's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Saint Petersburg	167 km	28 May – 30 June	1 day later
Pskov	189 km	27 May – 29 June	same day
Tver	331 km	27 May – 20 June	same day
Polatsk	369 km	30 May – 30 June	3 days later
Vitebsk	376 km	29 May – 26 June	2 days later
Tallinn	387 km	9 June – 12 July	13 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Veliky Novgorod

Buy plants ready to set out from 27 May to 29 June (from 6 May to 29 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 15 March to 8 May. Within 15 km of Veliky Novgorod OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Садово дачный — garden centre
10:00–19:00 · 3 km
Дар Земли — garden centre
Mon–Fri 09:00–20:00; Sat–Sun 09:00–17:00 · 3 km
Западный — market
проспект Мира 21 к1 · 2 km
Усадьба — garden centre
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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