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New Hampshire Vegetable Planting Calendar

Choose your New Hampshire 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 3–6Select the New Hampshire zone shown for your location on the map
Elevation Changes TimingNorthern and higher-elevation New Hampshire gardens warm later than southern and lower-elevation sites
Spring and Fall GardensCool-season crops can be grown on both sides of summer

Plan around local weather

New Hampshire City Planting Calendars

Choose the nearest city calendar, then adjust for elevation, coastal influence, inland cold pockets, and current weather.

ConcordMerrimack County · USDA Zones 5bLast frost May 15 · First frost September 30DoverStrafford County · USDA Zones 6aLast frost May 10 · First frost October 5ManchesterHillsborough County · USDA Zones 6aLast frost May 10 · First frost October 1NashuaHillsborough County · USDA Zones 6aLast frost May 10 · First frost October 5RochesterStrafford County · USDA Zones 5b–6aLast frost May 15 · First frost September 30

New Hampshire planting windows

Choose Your USDA Planting Zone

Select Zone 3, 4, 5, or 6 to update both this week’s tasks and the complete New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, Growing Vegetables: When to Plant Your Vegetable Garden and Planting & Maturity Dates of Vegetables in New Hampshire. Central New Hampshire uses Memorial Day as a conservative last-frost benchmark.