When to plant tomato in Hialeah

Published guidance for the region shown below. Dates retain the source's precision and are not a weather forecast or a guarantee for an individual garden.

Planting period
August–February (across New Year)
South Florida · month precision

Tomato: Planting period: August–February (across New Year)

Published recommendation · South Florida

Regional guidance: South of State Road 70. Not a forecast for an individual garden.

Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide · UF/IFAS Extension · SP 103; revised June 2025; web version 2.8.0

Table 1, South Florida column, Tomatoes (supported) row · Source checked 2026-09-13

Table 1 gives outdoor planting periods. It does not assign these dates separately to direct sowing and transplanting. Follow the publication’s crop-specific establishment guidance and frost precautions.

Source maturity guidance: 90–110 days from seeding, or 70–90 days from transplanting to first harvest (Table 1 footnote 3). This is a duration, not a predicted harvest date.

This source does not provide a harvest calendar for this crop. We have not calculated one from planting dates.

How to use this guidance

Where does the tomato guidance for Hialeah come from?

The published recommendations are from UF/IFAS Extension (South Florida). Check the geographic scope and conditions beside each citation.

Are these exact dates for my garden?

No. These are regional recommendations at the precision used by the source. Weather, elevation, cultivar and growing conditions still matter. A missing window means we have not verified a source, not that growing is impossible.

Which planting and harvest periods are published?

Planting period: August–February (across New Year). UF/IFAS Extension; South Florida.