When to plant tomatoes in Vologda: 27 May – 20 June

In Vologda, tomato: sow for seedlings from 15 March to 29 April; plant into a greenhouse from 6 May to 20 June; plant out into open ground from 27 May to 20 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include КУБ (garden centre, 2 km) and ЛБР (farm supply, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Vologda: soil, season and weather

In Vologda the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 13 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 27 May, 14 days later.

Last spring frost	13 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	27 May, 14 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	6 May – 20 June; May outside: 4.8 °C at night, 15.5 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	10 October, 136 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	5 August – 29 August
Days left for picking	66
Daylight	13:34 on 5 April, 17:45 on 27 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, May, has 11 rainy days

Tomato in Vologda: 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 Vologda during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 22.6 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: May (15.5 °C), September (14.8 °C) and October (7.2 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 1.7 °C to 13.3 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	15.5	4.8	62	11	16:56
June	20.1	10.2	73	11	18:32
July	22.6	13.3	101	15	17:52
August	20.8	11.7	91	13	15:35
September	14.8	7.2	67	11	12:56
October	7.2	1.7	66	12	10:19

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Vologda, Ivanovo is 1 day earlier and Cherepovets 7 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Cherepovets	113 km	3 June – 27 June	7 days later
Kostroma	172 km	28 May – 21 June	1 day later
Yaroslavl	177 km	27 May – 20 June	same day
Ivanovo	255 km	26 May – 21 June	1 day earlier
Vladimir	344 km	26 May – 25 June	1 day earlier
Tver	352 km	27 May – 20 June	same day

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Vologda

Buy plants ready to set out from 27 May to 20 June (from 6 May to 20 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 15 March to 29 April. Within 15 km of Vologda OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 4 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

КУБ — garden centre
Гончарная улица 4Б · Mon–Fri 09:00–19:00; Sat 09:00–16:00; Sun 09:00–15:00 · 2 km
ЛБР — farm supply
Mon–Fri 08:00–17:00 · 3 km · lbr.ru
Рынок на Северной — market
Северная улица 5, Вологда · 3 km
Городской рынок — market
Tue–Sun 07:15–19:00; Mon 07:15–16:00 · 0 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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