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Kentucky Vegetable Planting Calendar

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

Find Your CityView Planting Schedules
USDA Zones 6–7Select the Kentucky zone shown for your location on the map
Elevation Changes TimingMountain gardens warm later than western and central valleys
Spring and Fall GardensCool-season crops can be grown on both sides of summer

Kentucky city calendars

Find Your Local Planting Calendar

Choose a city for locally adjusted frost dates and planting windows. More Kentucky calendars are being added in batches.

AshlandLast frost Apr 15 · First frost Oct 20 Bowling GreenLast frost Apr 10 · First frost Oct 25CovingtonLast frost Apr 20 · First frost Oct 20ElizabethtownLast frost Apr 15 · First frost Oct 25 FlorenceLast frost Apr 20 · First frost Oct 20 FrankfortLast frost Apr 20 · First frost Oct 20 GeorgetownLast frost Apr 20 · First frost Oct 20 HendersonLast frost Apr 15 · First frost Oct 25 HopkinsvilleLast frost Apr 10 · First frost Oct 25 IndependenceLast frost Apr 20 · First frost Oct 20 JeffersontownLast frost Apr 15 · First frost Oct 25 LexingtonLast frost Apr 20 · First frost Oct 20LouisvilleLast frost Apr 15 · First frost Oct 25NicholasvilleLast frost Apr 20 · First frost Oct 20 OwensboroLast frost Apr 15 · First frost Oct 25PaducahLast frost Apr 10 · First frost Oct 30 RadcliffLast frost Apr 15 · First frost Oct 25 RichmondLast frost Apr 20 · First frost Oct 20 ShelbyvilleLast frost Apr 20 · First frost Oct 20 WinchesterLast frost Apr 20 · First frost Oct 20

Kentucky planting windows

Choose Your USDA Planting Zone

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

Zone 6 Planting Schedule

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

Reference: University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension, “Home Vegetable Gardening in Kentucky,” ID-128. Western, Central, and Eastern Kentucky dates are translated into USDA zone schedules; confirm local frost dates before planting.