Vegetables · Warm
Tomato
Solanaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 60 cm
- USDA zones
- 5a–11b
- Frost-sensitive
- yes
- Growth duration
- 16 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- full sunAlso okay:partial shade
- Soil (prefers)
- raised-bed mixAlso okay:loamy
- Drainage (prefers)
- normalAlso okay:very free-draining
Seed & start
Pre-culture recommended
Start indoors / cold frame first, transplant into the raised bed later.
Stachi's tip
Tomatoes are divas with style. Plant out after the last frost, water at the base only (never on the leaves), and give them basil as a neighbour — both benefit. If pinching out side-shoots feels finicky, stick to bush varieties.
Sowing
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Transplanting
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Harvest
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Good neighbours
Avoid these neighbours
Good pre-cultures
These plants improve the soil / free the slot early:
Sources
- Kreuter, Bio-Garten
- Kosmos Gartenkalender
- LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage