Growing seasons

[jasonswett]

I'm interested in finding out the growing seasons for vegetables in my area. Is there maybe a book or something for this?

[jal_ut]

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[jasonswett]

Thank you. For a complete gardening novice, how might I translate these frost dates into growing seasons for particular vegetables?

[lorax]

Most seed packets will list a number of days to maturity. Take your frost dates, count backwards, then add about two weeks for a buffer.

[Kisal]

[url=https://cdmplanning.hypermart.net/frost.html]Look at this[/url]

Nice! Thank you!

[DoubleDogFarm]

This one is pretty good also. Frost dates by zip code.


https://davesgarden.com/guides/freeze-frost-dates/index.php?q=98250&submit=Go

Eric

[jal_ut]

As a rule in the spring you can plant cool crops 2 or 3 weeks before that spring frost date. That includes onions, cabbage, broccoli, turnip and lettuce to name some.

You can plant corn on that spring frost date.

Plant beans squash and other warm weather plants about two weeks after that date and cucumbers 3 weeks after the spring frost date. Your dates are close to what I have here. I plant cukes on June 1 (seed).

[rainbowgardener]

Here's a planting guide by hardiness zone.

https://www.thevegetablegarden.info/resources/planting-schedules/zones-5-6-planting-schedule

It's currently set for zone 5-6, which I'm guessing would include you, but if not you can change it to whatever zone you are in

[garden5]

If you employ techniques such as [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_frame]cold frames[/url] and [url=https://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/Low-Tunnels-Quick-Hoops.aspx]low tunnels[/url], you can put your crops out even earlier and keep them in even longer .

[Runningtrails]

I'm in southern Ontario, across the Great Lake from you and down just a bit. My last frost date is May 24th but I don't put any tender plants in the garden until June 1st. That includes tomatoes, peppers, sweet potatoes, beans, cucumbers, squash, melons... I do plant the squash and bean seeds in the ground a week or so before last frost date as it takes them that long to come up. The frost only hurts what's growing above the ground.

You can plant green peas and carrots as soon as the ground can be worked, early April is common here, even late March in some years. If planting broccolli, cabbage and other brassicas from seed, you can plant those in early April too. If using plants, put into ground in late April.

Corn can be planted when the ground is 60 degrees F a couple of inches down. On May 1st, I take the garden's temp with a thermometer every few days until it's 60F when I stick the thermometer into the ground about 2". Then I plant the corn.

Potatoes can be planted around May 1st, in dry worked soil.

Spinach and salad greens can be planted in April.
I hope this helps.