Connecticut Vegetable Planting Calendar

Choose your Connecticut USDA hardiness zone to see weekly garden tasks and a full-season schedule for productive spring, summer, and fall vegetable gardens.

Choose Your Zone View Planting Schedules

USDA Zones 5–7Select the Connecticut zone shown for your location on the map

Elevation Changes TimingInland and higher-elevation gardens warm later than the Connecticut shoreline

Spring and Fall GardensCool-season crops can be grown on both sides of summer

Connecticut planting windows

Choose Your USDA Planting Zone

Select Zone 5, 6, or 7 to update both this week’s tasks and the complete Connecticut planting schedule.

Zone 5 Planting Schedule

Start indoorsDirect sowTransplant/plant

Crop names remain visible while you swipe horizontally. The calendar opens at the current week.

Reference: UConn Extension vegetable gardening and seed-starting guidance, using a mid-May average last frost as a statewide benchmark. Confirm local frost dates before planting.