When to plant tomatoes in Vicenza: 30 April – 4 August

In Vicenza, tomato: sow for seedlings from 16 February to 13 June; plant into a greenhouse from 9 April to 4 August; plant out into open ground from 30 April to 4 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Valmaflor (garden centre, 7 km) and Centro Biodiversità Vegetale e Fuori Foresta di Veneto Agricoltura (garden centre, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Vicenza: soil, season and weather

In Vicenza 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 30 April, 45 days later.

Last spring frost	16 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	30 April, 45 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	9 April – 4 August; April outside: 7.4 °C at night, 18 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	24 November, 208 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	9 July – 13 October
Days left for picking	138
Daylight	11:32 on 9 March, 14:14 on 30 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 11 rainy days

Tomato in Vicenza: care after planting

Planted on 30 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

30 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
28 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 Vicenza during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June (27.3 °C), July (29.4 °C) and August (29.2 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (12.6 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and September–November (4.7–14.4 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	18	7.4	102	11	13:30
May	21.4	11.9	167	16	14:53
June	27.3	16.9	94	11	15:40
July	29.4	18.8	86	11	15:22
August	29.2	18.7	99	10	14:09
September	24.2	14.4	128	10	12:35
October	19	10.1	118	9	11:00
November	12.6	4.7	115	10	9:32

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Vicenza, Mantua is 11 days earlier and Trento 32 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Padua	30 km	20 April – 8 August	10 days earlier
Verona	45 km	3 May – 7 August	3 days later
Treviso	55 km	27 April – 3 August	3 days earlier
Venice	62 km	20 April – 16 August	10 days earlier
Trento	67 km	1 June – 21 July	32 days later
Mantua	74 km	19 April – 8 August	11 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Vicenza

Buy plants ready to set out from 30 April to 4 August (from 9 April to 4 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 16 February to 13 June. Within 15 km of Vicenza OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 2 markets and 14 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Valmaflor — garden centre
Via Giacomo Matteotti 27, 36077 Altavilla Vicentina · 7 km
Garden Ghisa — garden centre
Via Ponte Poscola, 36075 · Mon–Sat 08:30–12:30, 15:00–19:00; Sun 09:00–12:00 · 13 km
Centro Biodiversità Vegetale e Fuori Foresta di Veneto Agricoltura — garden centre
Via Bonin Longare 4, 36030 Montecchio Precalcino · 12 km
Agraria & Ferramenta FIN GIANFRANCO & C. snc — farm supply
Via A. Pigafetta 38, 36073 Cornedo Vicentino · 15 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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