Tomato plant maintenance

Many people often wonder what is the best time for planting tomatoes. The planting time for tomatoes depends on where you live and your weather conditions, but there are a few guidelines that can help you with tomato planting times for your area.

Keep reading to learn more about the answer to the question, “When should I plant tomatoes?”.

When to Start Tomatoes

The first thing to understand about when to start growing tomatoes is that tomatoes are warm weather plants.

While many people try to plant tomatoes as early as possible, the fact of the matter is that this method will not make an earlier producing tomato and also exposes the tomato plant to unexpected late frosts, which could kill the plant.

Beyond this, tomatoes will not grow in temperatures below 50 F. (10 C.).

The first sign that it is the proper planting time for tomatoes is when the night time temperature stays consistently above 50 F./10 C. Tomato plants will not set fruit until the night time temperature reaches 55 F./10 C., so planting tomato plants when the night time temperature is at 50 F./10

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