New Jersey Vegetable Planting Calendar

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

Find Your City View Planting Schedules

USDA Zones 6–8Select the New Jersey zone shown for your location on the map

Elevation Changes TimingNorthern and inland gardens can warm later than coastal and southern New Jersey

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

New Jersey city calendars

Find Your Local Planting Calendar

Choose a city for locally adjusted frost dates and planting windows.

New Jersey planting windows

Choose Your USDA Planting Zone

Select Zone 6, 7, or 8 to update both this week’s tasks and the complete New Jersey planting schedule.

Zone 6 Planting Schedule

Start indoorsDirect sowTransplant/plant

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

Reference: Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station FS129 vegetable planting guide, FS787 indoor seed-starting guidance, and Rutgers fall-crop recommendations. Dates are adjusted locally for frost, elevation, coast and urban heat.