Planting timing
When to plant tomatillo
Plant tomatillo on the cited sheets — not on a national calendar month. Regional and season notes stay source-specific.
Growing guidance is general information. Timing, spacing, and care depend on cultivar, weather, soil, and local conditions. Check the sources and adjust the plan for your garden.
Dates stay on the named cards below — not one planting window.
Husk notes live on the tomatillo hub. Timing stays on the cited sheets.
Husk notes live on how to grow tomatillo.
What the sources say — at a glance
One source per card. Facts are not averaged.
Maryland Extension (Maryland)
Late March–mid-April indoors. May–mid-June transplant.
Details and limits (2)
When
Maryland Extension (Maryland): tomatillos, late March through mid-April, plant seeds indoors to grow seedlings. May through mid-June, transplant seedlings into the ground. Central Maryland calendar.
Limit
Not one BioArva calendar and not a ZIP tool.
UMN Extension (Minnesota)
Four to five weeks before setting out. After frost, warmed soil.
Details and limits (2)
When
UMN Extension (Minnesota): start tomatillos only four to five weeks before setting out. Transplant to the garden after all danger of frost has passed and the soil has warmed.
Limit
Not one BioArva calendar and not a ZIP tool.
Sources differ
Make it yours
Save the bed in the Field Book so next season is not a guess.
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What to record in the Field Book
Save the bed with the crop and the date. You may add a photo and notes. Compare entries you have recorded with each other — not with a diagnosis from this page. If you want an identification, bring the record to local Extension.
How we know — methodology. Ranges and assertions are cited per source, not blended.