When to plant tomatoes in Verona: 3 May – 7 August

In Verona, tomato: sow for seedlings from 19 February to 16 June; plant into a greenhouse from 12 April to 7 August; plant out into open ground from 3 May to 7 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Garden Floridea (garden centre, 4 km) and Ikebana (garden centre, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Verona: soil, season and weather

In Verona 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 3 May, 48 days later.

Last spring frost	16 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	3 May, 48 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	12 April – 7 August; April outside: 7.6 °C at night, 16.2 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	27 November, 208 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 July – 16 October
Days left for picking	138
Daylight	11:42 on 12 March, 14:22 on 3 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 10 rainy days

Tomato in Verona: care after planting

Planted on 3 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

3 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
31 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 Verona during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in July (27.5 °C) and August (27.4 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (11.4 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in May and September–November (4.7–14.2 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.6	11.6	159	17	14:52
June	25.4	16.8	98	13	15:39
July	27.5	18.6	89	13	15:21
August	27.4	18.5	85	10	14:09
September	22.5	14.2	97	10	12:35
October	17.5	10.1	95	9	11:01
November	11.4	4.7	98	10	9:32

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Verona, Ferrara is 19 days earlier and Trento 29 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Mantua	35 km	19 April – 8 August	14 days earlier
Vicenza	45 km	30 April – 4 August	3 days earlier
Brescia	62 km	23 April – 8 August	10 days earlier
Padua	70 km	20 April – 8 August	13 days earlier
Trento	71 km	1 June – 21 July	29 days later
Ferrara	83 km	14 April – 8 August	19 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Verona

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 May to 7 August (from 12 April to 7 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 19 February to 16 June. Within 15 km of Verona OpenStreetMap lists 9 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 1 market and 7 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Garden Floridea — garden centre
Via Gardesane 33, Verona · Mon–Sat 09:00–12:30, Mon–Sat 15:30–19:30, Sun 09:00–13:00 · 4 km · gardenfloridea.com
Emporio Verde — garden centre
Via Mascagni 47, 37060 Castel d'Azzano · Mon–Sat 08:30–19:30 · 9 km · emporio-verde.com
Ikebana — garden centre
Via Falcona 2, 37141 Verona · 6 km
Giardino S.n.c. — garden centre
Via Unità d'Italia, 37036 · 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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