When to Plant Heirloom Tomato in Vermont

State

Vermont

Cities Covered

285

USDA Zones

4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a

Plant Type

Indoor Start

📅 Planting Calendar for Vermont

Based on White River Junction (Zone 5a). Dates may vary by city.

Start Seeds Indoors Sunday, March 29, 2026

Transplant Outdoors Sunday, May 24, 2026

Note: Vermont spans multiple zones (4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a). Select your city below for more precise dates.

🌿 Plant Details

Scientific Name Solanum lycopersicum

Days to Maturity 80 days

Sun Requirements Full Sun

Find Your City in Vermont

Adamant (Zone 5a) Albany (Zone 4b) Alburg (Zone 5a) Arlington (Zone 5a) Ascutney (Zone 5b) Averill (Zone 4a) Bakersfield (Zone 4b) Barnard (Zone 5a) Barnet (Zone 4b) Barre (Zone 5a) Barton (Zone 4b) Beebe Plain (Zone 4b) Beecher Falls (Zone 4a) Bellows Falls (Zone 5b) Belmont (Zone 5a) Belvidere Center (Zone 5a) Bennington (Zone 5b) Benson (Zone 5a) Bethel (Zone 5a) Bomoseen (Zone 5a) Bondville (Zone 5a) Bradford (Zone 5a) Brandon (Zone 5a) Brattleboro (Zone 5b) Bridgewater (Zone 5a) Bridgewater Corners (Zone 5a) Bridport (Zone 5a) Bristol (Zone 5a) Brookfield (Zone 5a) Brownsville (Zone 5a) Burlington (Zone 5b) Cabot (Zone 4b) Calais (Zone 5a) Cambridge (Zone 5a) Cambridgeport (Zone 5b) Canaan (Zone 4a) Castleton (Zone 5a) Cavendish (Zone 5b) Center Rutland (Zone 5a) Charlotte (Zone 5a) Chelsea (Zone 5a) Chester (Zone 5b) Chittenden (Zone 5a) Colchester (Zone 5a) Concord (Zone 4b) Corinth (Zone 5a) Coventry (Zone 4b) Craftsbury (Zone 4b) Craftsbury Common (Zone 4b) Cuttingsville (Zone 5b) Danby (Zone 5a) Danville (Zone 4b) Derby (Zone 4a) Derby Line (Zone 4a) Dorset (Zone 5a) East Arlington (Zone 5a) East Barre (Zone 5a) East Berkshire (Zone 4b) East Burke (Zone 4b) East Calais (Zone 4b) East Charleston (Zone 4a) East Corinth (Zone 5a) East Dorset (Zone 5a) East Dover (Zone 5b) East Fairfield (Zone 5a) East Hardwick (Zone 4b) East Haven (Zone 4b) East Middlebury (Zone 5a) East Montpelier (Zone 4b) East Poultney (Zone 5a) East Randolph (Zone 5a) East Ryegate (Zone 4b) East Saint Johnsbury (Zone 4b) East Thetford (Zone 5a) East Wallingford (Zone 5a) Eden (Zone 5a) Eden Mills (Zone 4b) Enosburg Falls (Zone 4b) Essex (Zone 5a) Essex Junction (Zone 5a) Fair Haven (Zone 5a) Fairfax (Zone 5a) Fairfield (Zone 5a) Fairlee (Zone 5a) Ferrisburg (Zone 5a) Florence (Zone 5a) Forest Dale (Zone 5a) Franklin (Zone 5a) Gaysville (Zone 5a) Gilman (Zone 4b) Glover (Zone 4b) Grafton (Zone 5a) Granby (Zone 4b) Grand Isle (Zone 5a) Graniteville (Zone 5a) Granville (Zone 5a) Greensboro (Zone 4b) Greensboro Bend (Zone 4b) Groton (Zone 4b) Guildhall (Zone 4a) Hancock (Zone 5a) Hardwick (Zone 4b) Hartford (Zone 5a) Hartland (Zone 5a) Hartland Four Corners (Zone 5a) Highgate Center (Zone 5a) Highgate Springs (Zone 5a) Hinesburg (Zone 5a) Huntington (Zone 5a) Hyde Park (Zone 4b) Hydeville (Zone 5a) Irasburg (Zone 4b) Island Pond (Zone 4a) Isle La Motte (Zone 5a) Jacksonville (Zone 5b) Jamaica (Zone 5a) Jeffersonville (Zone 5a) Jericho (Zone 5a) Johnson (Zone 5a) Jonesville (Zone 5a) Killington (Zone 5a) Lake Elmore (Zone 4b) Londonderry (Zone 5a) Lowell (Zone 4b) Lower Waterford (Zone 4b) Ludlow (Zone 5b) Lunenburg (Zone 4b) Lyndon (Zone 4b) Lyndon Center (Zone 4b) Lyndonville (Zone 4b) Manchester (Zone 5b) Manchester Center (Zone 5a) Marlboro (Zone 5b) Marshfield (Zone 4b) Mc Indoe Falls (Zone 4b) Middlebury (Zone 5a) Middletown Springs (Zone 5a) Milton (Zone 5a) Monkton (Zone 5a) Montgomery (Zone 4b) Montgomery Center (Zone 5a) Montpelier (Zone 4b) Moretown (Zone 5a) Morgan (Zone 4a) Morrisville (Zone 4b) Moscow (Zone 4b) Mount Holly (Zone 5b) New Haven (Zone 5a) Newbury (Zone 5a) Newfane (Zone 5b) Newport (Zone 4b) Newport Center (Zone 4b) North Bennington (Zone 5b) North Clarendon (Zone 5a) North Concord (Zone 4b) North Ferrisburg (Zone 5a) North Hartland (Zone 5a) North Hero (Zone 5a) North Hyde Park (Zone 4b) North Montpelier (Zone 4b) North Pomfret (Zone 5a) North Pownal (Zone 5b) North Springfield (Zone 5b) North Thetford (Zone 5a) North Troy (Zone 4b) Northfield (Zone 5a) Northfield Falls (Zone 5a) Norton (Zone 4a) Norwich (Zone 5a) Orleans (Zone 4b) Orwell (Zone 5a) Passumpsic (Zone 4b) Pawlet (Zone 5a) Peacham (Zone 4b) Perkinsville (Zone 5b) Peru (Zone 5a) Pittsfield (Zone 5a) Pittsford (Zone 5a) Plainfield (Zone 5a) Plymouth (Zone 5b) Post Mills (Zone 5a) Poultney (Zone 5a) Pownal (Zone 5b) Proctor (Zone 5a) Proctorsville (Zone 5b) Putney (Zone 5b) Quechee (Zone 5a) Randolph (Zone 5a) Randolph Center (Zone 5a) Reading (Zone 5b) Readsboro (Zone 5b) Richford (Zone 4b) Richmond (Zone 5a) Ripton (Zone 5a) Rochester (Zone 5a) Roxbury (Zone 5a) Rupert (Zone 5a) Rutland (Zone 5a) Saint Albans (Zone 5a) Saint Albans Bay (Zone 5a) Saint Johnsbury (Zone 4b) Saint Johnsbury Center (Zone 4b) Salisbury (Zone 5a) Saxtons River (Zone 5b) Shaftsbury (Zone 5a) Sharon (Zone 5a) Sheffield (Zone 4b) Shelburne (Zone 5b) Sheldon (Zone 5a) Sheldon Springs (Zone 5a) Shoreham (Zone 5a) South Barre (Zone 4b) South Burlington (Zone 5a) South Hero (Zone 5b) South Londonderry (Zone 5a) South Newfane (Zone 5b) South Pomfret (Zone 5a) South Royalton (Zone 5a) South Ryegate (Zone 4b) South Strafford (Zone 5a) South Woodstock (Zone 5b) Springfield (Zone 5b) Starksboro (Zone 5a) Stockbridge (Zone 5a) Stowe (Zone 5a) Strafford (Zone 5a) Sutton (Zone 4b) Swanton (Zone 5a) Taftsville (Zone 4b) Thetford (Zone 5a) Thetford Center (Zone 5a) Townshend (Zone 5b) Troy (Zone 4b) Tunbridge (Zone 5a) Underhill (Zone 5a) Underhill Center (Zone 5a) Vergennes (Zone 5a) Vernon (Zone 5b) Vershire (Zone 5a) Waitsfield (Zone 5a) Wallingford (Zone 5a) Wardsboro (Zone 5b) Warren (Zone 5a) Washington (Zone 5a) Waterbury (Zone 4b) Waterbury Center (Zone 5a) Waterville (Zone 5a) Websterville (Zone 5a) Wells (Zone 5a) Wells River (Zone 5a) West Burke (Zone 4b) West Charleston (Zone 4a) West Danville (Zone 4b) West Dover (Zone 5a) West Dummerston (Zone 5b) West Fairlee (Zone 5a) West Glover (Zone 4b) West Halifax (Zone 5b) West Hartford (Zone 5a) West Newbury (Zone 4b) West Pawlet (Zone 5a) West Rupert (Zone 5a) West Rutland (Zone 5a) West Topsham (Zone 5a) West Townshend (Zone 5a) West Wardsboro (Zone 5a) Westfield (Zone 5a) Westford (Zone 5a) Westminster (Zone 5b) Westminster Station (Zone 5b) Weston (Zone 5a) White River Junction (Zone 5a) Whiting (Zone 5a) Whitingham (Zone 5b) Wilder (Zone 5a) Williamstown (Zone 5a) Williamsville (Zone 5b) Williston (Zone 5a) Wilmington (Zone 5a) Windsor (Zone 5b) Winooski (Zone 5a) Wolcott (Zone 4b) Woodbury (Zone 4b) Woodstock (Zone 5a) Worcester (Zone 5a)

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Growing Heirloom Tomato in Vermont

Heirloom Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a popular garden vegetable in Vermont. The state spans USDA Hardiness Zones 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, so planting dates can vary significantly depending on your location.

For most of Vermont, you should start Heirloom Tomato seeds indoors around Sunday, March 29, 2026, then transplant outdoors around Sunday, May 24, 2026.

For the most accurate planting dates, enter your ZIP code on our homepage or select your city from the list above.