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Nebraska Vegetable Planting Calendar

Choose your Nebraska 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 4–6Select the Nebraska zone shown for your location on the map
Elevation Changes TimingNorthern Nebraska generally plants about one week later than central Nebraska; southern Nebraska about one week earlier
Spring and Fall GardensCool-season crops can be grown on both sides of summer

Plan around local weather

Nebraska City Planting Calendars

Choose the nearest city calendar, then adjust for wind exposure, elevation, river valleys, irrigation, and current weather.

BellevueSarpy County · USDA Zones 6aLast frost May 1 · First frost October 10ColumbusPlatte County · USDA Zones 5bLast frost May 10 · First frost October 1FremontDodge County · USDA Zones 5b–6aLast frost May 10 · First frost October 1Grand IslandHall County · USDA Zones 5bLast frost May 10 · First frost October 1HastingsAdams County · USDA Zones 5bLast frost May 10 · First frost October 1KearneyBuffalo County · USDA Zones 5bLast frost May 10 · First frost October 1LincolnLancaster County · USDA Zones 6aLast frost May 5 · First frost October 5NorfolkMadison County · USDA Zones 5bLast frost May 10 · First frost September 30OmahaDouglas County · USDA Zones 6aLast frost May 1 · First frost October 10PapillionSarpy County · USDA Zones 6aLast frost May 1 · First frost October 10

Nebraska planting windows

Choose Your USDA Planting Zone

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

Zone 4 Planting Schedule

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

Reference: Nebraska Extension vegetable planting guidance. Typical average last spring frost dates are April 24 in eastern Nebraska, May 1 centrally, and May 10 in western Nebraska; use local soil temperatures and frost forecasts.