When to plant tomatoes in Venice: 20 April – 16 August

In Venice, tomato: sow for seedlings from 6 February to 25 June; plant into a greenhouse from 30 March to 16 August; plant out into open ground from 20 April to 16 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Laguna Fiorita Onlus (garden centre, 1 km) and Vivaio MunarettoPlants (garden centre, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Venice: soil, season and weather

In Venice the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 19 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 20 April, 60 days later.

Last spring frost	19 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	20 April, 60 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	30 March – 16 August; March outside: 5.4 °C at night, 13.3 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	6 December, 230 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	29 June – 25 October
Days left for picking	160
Daylight	11:00 on 27 February, 13:45 on 20 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 9 rainy days

Tomato in Venice: care after planting

Planted on 20 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

20 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
18 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 Venice during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in July (28.6 °C) and August (28.9 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (13.2 °C) and December (9 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and October–December (2.4–13.7 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	17	9.3	81	9	13:29
May	21	13.7	136	14	14:52
June	26.4	18.9	73	9	15:39
July	28.6	20.7	62	9	15:21
August	28.9	20.8	80	8	14:09
September	24.2	16.6	118	10	12:35
October	19.2	12.1	90	9	11:01
November	13.2	6.7	106	10	9:32
December	9	2.4	64	7	8:45

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Venice, Ferrara is 6 days earlier and Verona 13 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Treviso	27 km	27 April – 3 August	7 days later
Padua	35 km	20 April – 8 August	same day
Vicenza	62 km	30 April – 4 August	10 days later
Ferrara	87 km	14 April – 8 August	6 days earlier
Udine	99 km	29 April – 2 August	9 days later
Verona	105 km	3 May – 7 August	13 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Venice

Buy plants ready to set out from 20 April to 16 August (from 30 March to 16 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 6 February to 25 June. Within 15 km of Venice OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 7 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Azienda Agricola Flor Claudia e Cristina — garden centre
Via del Tinto 3, 30174 Mestre · Mon closed; Tue–Sat 08:30–12:30, 15:30–19:00; Sun 09:00–12:30 · 11 km · florclaudiaecristina.it
Laguna Fiorita Onlus — garden centre
Cannaregio 3546, 30121 Venezia · 1 km · lagunafiorita.it
Vivai Piante Toso Loris — garden centre
Via Rossignago 82, 30038 Spinea · 15 km · vivaitoso.it
Vivaio MunarettoPlants — garden centre
Via Alberoni 47, 30126 Venezia · 9 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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