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Vegetable Crop Calendars (A–C)
Crop-by-crop calendars for vegetables: when to start, transplant, succeed and harvest.
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- Artichoke Planting Calendar by Zone
Globe artichokes behave as perennials where winters are mild and as an annual crop where they are not, so the calendar depends on your winter lows... - Arugula Planting Calendar: Spring and Fall Windows
Arugula is fast and cool-loving, which makes timing a matter of avoiding heat and long days rather than hitting a single date. - Asparagus Planting Calendar: Crowns vs. Seed
Asparagus is a long commitment, and the choice between crowns and seed changes how fast you get to a harvest and how much work the first year takes. - Beet Planting Calendar for Spring and Fall
Beets handle cool weather well, so the calendar is built around soil temperature and the weeks you have before heat arrives or hard freezes return. - Bok Choy Planting Calendar
Bok choy is a quick cool-season green that bolts easily, so the best calendar leans on late summer and fall, with a careful early spring planting as... - Broccoli Planting Calendar: Spring vs. Fall
Broccoli wants cool weather as it forms its head, so both the spring and fall plantings are really exercises in counting backward from heat or... - Brussels Sprouts Planting Calendar
Brussels sprouts are slow and patient, and they reward growers who start early enough to let the plant finish in cool autumn weather. - Cabbage Planting Calendar by Zone
Cabbage is one of the more forgiving cool-season crops, but the schedule changes a lot from a cold northern garden to a mild southern one. - Cantaloupe Planting Calendar
Cantaloupe, also called muskmelon, wants heat and a long stretch without frost, so the calendar is about waiting for warm soil and then giving plants... - Carrot Planting Calendar and Succession Timing
Carrots are slow to germinate and easy to lose to a dry crust, so good timing means more than picking a date. It means planning moisture, soil and... - Cauliflower Planting Calendar: Timing Is Everything
Of the cabbage family, cauliflower is the least forgiving about timing, because a stress early in life can leave you with a tiny head on a big plant. - Celery Planting Calendar: Long-Season Strategy
Celery takes more weeks than most garden vegetables, and it is fussy about both heat and thirst, so the calendar is a long-range plan. - Chard Planting Calendar: Spring Through Fall
Chard is one of the more adaptable leafy crops, so a single bed can often give you a long harvest if you plan the planting and cutting well. - Collard Greens Planting Calendar
Collards are tough, heat-tolerant and frost-sweetened, which makes them one of the easiest greens to fit into almost any season. - Corn (Sweet) Planting Calendar by Zone
Sweet corn rewards patience at planting. Cold soil costs you stand, and poor layout costs you ears, so the calendar and the bed layout work together. - Cucumber Planting Calendar: Direct Sow vs. Transplant
Cucumbers are frost-tender and fast, which means the real question is not how early you can plant but how soon the soil will let the seed or seedling... - Eggplant Planting Calendar: Start Indoors
Eggplant wants heat more than almost any other garden vegetable, which is why the schedule starts on a windowsill long before the garden is ready. - Endive Planting Calendar
Endive is a cool-season salad green that does its best work in the shortening days of fall, so the calendar leans toward late summer sowing. - Fennel Planting Calendar
Florence fennel is a cool-season crop that bolts easily, so timing is the difference between a plump bulb and a feathery plant that goes straight to... - Garlic Planting Calendar: Fall vs. Spring
Garlic wants a cold stretch to size up, so the best calendar usually begins in fall, with spring planting as a fallback. - Kale Planting Calendar for Spring and Fall
Kale is one of the hardiest garden greens, and its best flavor often comes after cold nights, so the fall planting tends to beat the spring one. - Kohlrabi Planting Calendar
Kohlrabi is one of the quickest brassicas, which makes it a good filler crop, but a swollen stem that matures in heat turns woody and hot-tasting. - Leek Planting Calendar: Long-Season Crop
Leeks are slow, steady growers that finish in the cool end of the year, so the calendar begins with seed trays in late winter. - Lettuce Planting Calendar: Succession Sowing
Lettuce is quick and cool-loving, so the secret to a long harvest is not one perfect planting date but a series of small sowings timed to the weather. - Mustard Greens Planting Calendar
Mustard greens are fast, sharp-flavored and frost-tolerant, which makes them a good crop for the shoulder seasons when other vegetables are idle. - Okra Planting Calendar: Heat-Loving Crop
Okra is the crop that punishes impatience. Plant it into cold soil and you get a patchy stand that sulks for weeks, so the real calendar is set by... - Onion Planting Calendar: Sets vs. Seed
Three ways to start onions, three different results. The method you pick decides how early you plant, how big the bulbs get and whether they store. - Parsnip Planting Calendar
Parsnips ask for patience at both ends of the season. The seed takes weeks to emerge, and the roots reward you only after cold weather arrives. - Pea Planting Calendar: Spring and Fall
Peas are a race against summer heat. Plant them as early as the ground allows in spring, and treat a fall crop as a gamble that depends on where you... - Pepper Planting Calendar: Indoor Start to Transplant
Peppers reward the gardener who starts early and plants late. The seed goes in weeks before you would start tomatoes, and the transplants wait for... - Potato Planting Calendar by Zone
Zone maps do not tell you when to plant potatoes. They describe winter cold, while planting depends on frost dates and how fast your soil dries and... - Pumpkin Planting Calendar for Fall Harvest
Pumpkin timing is arithmetic. Pick the harvest date you want, subtract the days to maturity for your variety, and then check that frost and soil... - Radish Planting Calendar: Fast Crop Succession
Radishes are ready in a few weeks and turn bad within days of their peak. That makes small, frequent plantings the only sensible way to grow them. - Rutabaga Planting Calendar
Rutabaga is a fall crop at heart. It grows best in cool weather and sweetens after a light frost, so the planting date is set by when your first hard... - Spinach Planting Calendar: Cool-Season Timing
Spinach has a narrow sweet spot. It wants cool weather and short days, and it bolts once the days stretch and the temperature climbs. - Squash (Summer) Planting Calendar
Summer squash is quick and generous, which is exactly why timing matters. A well-timed planting floods the kitchen for weeks, and a badly timed one... - Squash (Winter) Planting Calendar
Winter squash is a long-season crop that you plant in warm weather and harvest before it freezes. The calendar is built from days to maturity, frost... - Sweet Potato Planting Calendar
Sweet potatoes are a tropical crop that gardeners grow all the way into the temperate north. The trick is to plant slips into truly warm soil and... - Tomato Planting Calendar: Start, Transplant, Harvest
Tomatoes ride on three dates: when you start seed, when you set plants out, and when frost ends the season. Get the middle one right and the other... - Turnip Planting Calendar
Turnips are fast and forgiving, but they dislike heat. They fit best in the cool shoulders of the year, and the best date is set by your frost dates,... - Watermelon Planting Calendar
Watermelon is a patience crop that wants heat. The planting date comes from soil warmth and the number of days your variety needs before frost, not... - Vegetable Planting Calendar for Zones 3–5
Gardeners in colder regions work with a short frost-free season, and every week counts. The first step is understanding that a zone number is not a... - Vegetable Planting Calendar for Zones 6–8
Gardeners in the middle zones usually get two real growing seasons a year. The challenge is not whether crops will grow but when summer heat will end... - Vegetable Planting Calendar for Zones 9–11
Warm-climate gardeners flip the northern script. Winter is often the main growing season, and the hard part is surviving summer. - Cool-Season Vegetable Calendar
Cool-season crops bookend the garden year. They start when the soil thaws and return when summer heat breaks, and the calendar is built from... - Warm-Season Vegetable Calendar
Warm-season crops are the ones that sulk, stall or die in the cold. Their calendar starts after the last frost and ends when your first fall frost... - Fall Vegetable Garden Calendar
A fall garden is planned backward. Start with the date frost usually ends the season, then count back to find when each crop must be in the ground. - Spring Vegetable Garden Calendar
Spring planting goes in waves, each one released by a different signal. Soil workability starts the first wave, the last frost opens the second, and... - Winter Vegetable Garden Calendar for Mild Climates
Where winters are mild, the cold months can be the best growing time of the year. The calendar is built around day length, soil temperature and how... - Succession Planting Chart for 20 Common Vegetables
Succession planting means resowing or replanting so harvests arrive in steady waves instead of one big pile. The right interval depends on the crop,...