When to plant Tomatoes in Wisconsin

In spring, from May 5 – June 10 in Caledonia to May 15 – June 10 in Wisconsin Rapids.

In fall, June 1 – 20.

USDA's earliest safe spring and latest safe fall planting dates, matched to each place's average frost dates.

Tomatoes planting dates by place in Wisconsin
PlaceSpringFall
AllouezMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
AppletonMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
AshwaubenonMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
BarabooMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
Beaver DamMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
BellevueMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
BeloitMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
BrookfieldMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
Brown DeerMay 10 – June 15June 1 – July 1
BurlingtonMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
CaledoniaMay 5 – June 10June 1 – July 1
CedarburgMay 5 – June 10June 1 – July 1
Chippewa FallsMay 15 – June 10June 1 – 20
CudahyMay 5 – June 10June 1 – July 1
De PereMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
DeForestMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
Eau ClaireMay 5 – June 10June 1 – 20
ElkhornMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
FitchburgMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
Fond du LacMay 10 – June 15June 1 – July 1
Fort AtkinsonMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
Fox CrossingMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
FranklinMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
GermantownMay 15 – June 10June 1 – 20
GlendaleMay 10 – June 15June 1 – July 1
GraftonMay 5 – June 10June 1 – July 1
Green BayMay 15 – June 10June 1 – 20
GreendaleMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
GreenfieldMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
GreenvilleMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
HarrisonMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
HartfordMay 15 – June 10June 1 – 20
HartlandMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
HobartMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
HolmenMay 5 – June 10June 1 – July 1
HowardMay 15 – June 10June 1 – 20
HudsonMay 5 – June 10June 1 – July 1
JanesvilleMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
KaukaunaMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
KenoshaMay 10 – June 15June 1 – July 1
La CrosseMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
LisbonMay 10 – June 15June 1 – July 1
Little ChuteMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
MadisonMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
ManitowocMay 10 – June 15June 1 – July 1
MarinetteMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
MarshfieldMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
MenashaMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
Menomonee FallsMay 15 – June 10June 1 – 20
MenomonieMay 15 – June 10June 1 – 20
MequonMay 15 – June 10June 1 – 20
MiddletonMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
MilwaukeeMay 10 – June 15June 1 – July 1
MonroeMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
Mount PleasantMay 5 – June 10June 1 – July 1
MuskegoMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
NeenahMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
New BerlinMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
New RichmondMay 5 – June 10June 1 – July 1
Oak CreekMay 5 – June 10June 1 – July 1
OconomowocMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
OnalaskaMay 5 – June 10June 1 – July 1
OregonMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
OshkoshMay 5 – June 10June 1 – July 1
PewaukeeMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
PlattevilleMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
Pleasant PrairieMay 5 – June 10June 1 – July 1
PloverMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
Port WashingtonMay 10 – June 15June 1 – July 1
RacineMay 5 – June 10June 1 – July 1
ReedsburgMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
RichfieldMay 10 – June 15June 1 – July 1
River FallsMay 15 – June 10June 1 – 20
Salem LakesMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
SheboyganMay 5 – June 10June 1 – July 1
ShorewoodMay 10 – June 15June 1 – July 1
South MilwaukeeMay 5 – June 10June 1 – July 1
Stevens PointMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
StoughtonMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
SuamicoMay 15 – June 10June 1 – 20
Sun PrairieMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
SuperiorMay 15 – June 10June 1 – 20
SussexMay 10 – June 15June 1 – July 1
Two RiversMay 10 – June 15June 1 – July 1
VeronaMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
WatertownMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
WaukeshaMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
WaunakeeMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
WaupunMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
WausauMay 15 – June 10June 1 – 20
WauwatosaMay 10 – June 15June 1 – July 1
West AllisMay 10 – June 15June 1 – July 1
West BendMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
WestonMay 15 – June 10June 1 – 20
Whitefish BayMay 10 – June 15June 1 – July 1
WhitewaterMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
WindsorMay 10 – June 15June 1 – 20
Wisconsin RapidsMay 15 – June 10June 1 – 20

Planting dates: USDA Home and Garden Bulletin No. 9 (1967), tables 4 and 5. Frost dates: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020. “—” means the place's frost date is outside the table. The full USDA table for tomatoes.