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Idaho Vegetable Planting Calendar

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

Choose Your ZoneView Planting Schedules
USDA Zones 3–7Select the Idaho zone shown for your location on the map
Elevation Changes TimingIdaho growing seasons vary widely between mountain valleys, the Snake River Plain, and warmer northern locations
Spring and Fall GardensCool-season crops can be grown on both sides of summer

Plan around local weather

Idaho City Planting Calendars

Choose the nearest city calendar, then adjust for elevation, valley cold pockets, irrigation, and current weather.

BoiseAda County · USDA Zones 7aLast frost April 25 · First frost October 10CaldwellCanyon County · USDA Zones 7aLast frost May 1 · First frost October 10Coeur d’AleneKootenai County · USDA Zones 6b–7aLast frost May 10 · First frost September 25Idaho FallsBonneville County · USDA Zones 5a–5bLast frost May 20 · First frost September 20MeridianAda County · USDA Zones 7aLast frost May 1 · First frost October 10NampaCanyon County · USDA Zones 7aLast frost May 1 · First frost October 10PocatelloBannock County · USDA Zones 5b–6aLast frost May 20 · First frost September 20Post FallsKootenai County · USDA Zones 6b–7aLast frost May 10 · First frost September 25RexburgMadison County · USDA Zones 5aLast frost May 25 · First frost September 15Twin FallsTwin Falls County · USDA Zones 6b–7aLast frost May 15 · First frost September 25

Idaho planting windows

Choose Your USDA Planting Zone

Select Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, or Zone 7 to update both this week’s tasks and the complete Idaho planting schedule.

Zone 3 Planting Schedule

Start indoorsDirect sowTransplant/plant
Crop names remain visible while you swipe horizontally. The calendar opens at the current week.

Reference: University of Idaho Extension Spring Vegetable Planting Guide for Idaho, BUL 965. Idaho spans USDA Zones 3–7, and both hardiness zone and local microclimate should be used to adjust planting dates.