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Crop dates by placeLettuce Planting Dates by State and Region
Published lettuce planting windows for 14 places, with the source and the caveats you need before you use them.
Across the 13 places in this data set, the planting window begins as early as Feb 1 (Arkansas) and as late as Sep 1 (Central Florida). The middle of the range starts around Apr 1.
| Place | Planting | Harvest |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | Planting: August 20 - September 15 (fall crop); February - April (spring/summer crop) | |
| Central Florida | Planting: outdoor planting Sept–Feb | |
| Central Illinois | Planting: April 1 to 30, July 1 to Aug. 31 | |
| Central and higher-elevation Eastern Oregon | Planting: Late April | |
| Columbia and Snake River valleys, Oregon | Planting: April | |
| New Hampshire | Start indoors: start seeds indoors 4-5 weeks before setting out; Transplanting: transplant 3-4 weeks before last frost | |
| North Florida | Planting: outdoor planting Feb–Mar | |
| Northern Illinois | Planting: April 15 to May 15, July 15 to Sept. 15 | |
| Oregon Coast | Planting: April | |
| South Florida | Planting: outdoor planting Sept–Feb | |
| Southern Illinois | Planting: March 15 to April 15, June 15 to Aug. 15 | |
| Utah | Planting: fall harvest planting June 1 to August 1 | |
| Western Oregon | Planting: July (midsummer for fall and winter crops) | |
| Western valleys (Portland, Roseburg, Medford), Oregon | Planting: April |
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| Item | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas planting | Planting window in February | Planting window in March | Planting window in April | |||||||||
| Central Florida planting | Planting window in January | Planting window in February | Planting window in September | Planting window in October | Planting window in November | Planting window in December | ||||||
| Central Illinois planting | Planting window in April | Planting window in July | Planting window in August | |||||||||
| Central and higher-elevation Eastern Oregon planting | Planting window in April | |||||||||||
| Columbia and Snake River valleys, Oregon planting | Planting window in April | |||||||||||
| New Hampshire start indoors | Timing in table above | |||||||||||
| New Hampshire transplanting | Timing in table above | |||||||||||
| North Florida planting | Planting window in February | Planting window in March | ||||||||||
| Northern Illinois planting | Planting window in April | Planting window in May | Planting window in July | Planting window in August | Planting window in September | |||||||
| Oregon Coast planting | Planting window in April | |||||||||||
| South Florida planting | Planting window in January | Planting window in February | Planting window in September | Planting window in October | Planting window in November | Planting window in December | ||||||
| Southern Illinois planting | Planting window in March | Planting window in April | Planting window in June | Planting window in July | Planting window in August | |||||||
| Utah planting | Planting window in June | Planting window in July | Planting window in August | |||||||||
| Western Oregon planting | Planting window in July | |||||||||||
| Western valleys (Portland, Roseburg, Medford), Oregon planting | Planting window in April | |||||||||||
Frost-date caveat: ranges blur real differences inside a state or region. Use them to plan, then fit them to your last frost date, soil temperature and field conditions.
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Last reviewed: November 2026. Source: Arkansas Extension - Fall Planting Dates.