Sowing calendar · Fruiting
Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum · Tomate, Pomodoro, tomateiro
Calendar
Calendar for mainland Portugal.
- Sow in traysJan–Apr
- TransplantApr–Jun
- HarvestApr–Sep
- Germination
- 6–12 days · soil from 10 °C
- Spacing
- 90 cm between rows · 50 cm apart
- Sowing depth
- 0.5 cm
- Harvest after
- 60–90 days
- Water need
- high
- Frost
- frost tender
- Life cycle
- annual
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Seed saving
- easy · keeps ~4 years
Notes
Full sun and stakes. Water at the base, as wet leaves invite blight (míldio). Keep solanaceae out of the same bed for 3–4 years.
Good neighbours
Keep apart from
Months for mainland Portugal. In the app, sowing and planting follow your own local climate and the forecast.