Monthly planting guides

What should you plant now?

Enter your ZIP code to see seeds you can start indoors or direct sow right now in your USDA zone.

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January through DecemberMonthly planting guides

Explore what to plant each month, then use your ZIP code here for recommendations matched to your USDA zone.

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Your local planting options

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We’ll match your location to its USDA zone and this week’s planting windows.

Better local timing

A calendar month is only the starting point.

Planting dates vary with frost dates, heat, rainfall, elevation, and local conditions. That is why every monthly guide lets shoppers enter a ZIP code before showing its schedule. Use the month to begin, then let the localized calendar refine the timing.

January through December

Choose your planting month

The highlighted guide always follows the customer’s current month.

01Plan & startJanuaryPlan the year, grow sprouts and microgreens, and start select long-season crops.Open January guide →02Start indoorsFebruaryBegin seed starting in many regions and prepare beds for the first cool-season crops.Open February guide →03Spring beginsMarchStart warm-season transplants and direct sow hardy vegetables where conditions allow.Open March guide →04Plant cool cropsAprilSow cool-season crops and prepare warm-season seedlings for life outdoors.Open April guide →05Main seasonMayMove into the main planting season as frost risk passes and soil warms.Open May guide →06Keep plantingJunePlant warm-season favorites and begin succession sowing for continuous harvests.Open June guide →07Plan fall cropsJulyMaintain summer production and start planning or sowing the fall garden.Open July guide →08Fall gardenAugustBuild a productive second season with greens, roots, peas, and brassicas.Open August guide →09Cool crops returnSeptemberReturn to cool-season sowing and prepare garlic and protected growing areas.Open September guide →10Plant for fallOctoberPlant garlic and cool-weather vegetables, especially in mild growing regions.Open October guide →11Extend the seasonNovemberFocus on protected crops, indoor growing, and cool-season planting in warm zones.Open November guide →12Plan & grow indoorsDecemberPlan next year, grow indoors, and plant outdoors where winters stay mild.Open December guide →

Turn timing into a plan

Go beyond “what can I plant?”

Use these planning tools to choose dates, calculate quantities, and keep harvests coming.

DesignGarden PlannerLay out beds and build a crop-by-crop planting timeline.Plan a garden → TimingSeed-Starting ScheduleCalculate indoor sowing and transplant dates from local frost timing.Build a schedule → Continuous harvestSuccession PlantingSpace repeat sowings so fresh crops keep coming through the season.Plan successions → QuantitySeed Quantity CalculatorEstimate how much seed is needed for a row, bed, or field.Estimate seed →

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