Know when to plant
where you live
Typical frost dates and planting windows for your place, and grow guides for 31 vegetables and herbs. Free, and no account needed.
Places so far: 40 published places. All places →
Looking for a plant? Browse 31 plant guides →
Prefer step-by-step? How-to guides →
Dates are worked out from years of weather statistics for each place (Open-Meteo), then matched to each plant's temperatures and days to harvest. How the dates are worked out ↓
Example: New York City, United States
New York City
- Last spring frost
- ~Apr 3
- First fall frost
- ~Nov 15
- Frost-free days on average
- 225
- Cool-season crops
- Apr 6 – Jun 21; Aug 31 – Nov 15
- Warm-season crops
- May 11 – Oct 18
- Cool
- Warm
- Frost
See New York City planting dates →
Tomato: transplant from about May 9. Full plan →Full tomato plan →
This week in your garden
Choose your place to see what you can sow this week. Or open the locations list.
Good picks this month
Easy, common crops for the season. Each guide gives temperatures, timing and whether to sow outside or start indoors.
Planting dates by place
How the dates are worked out
- Weather for your place. Years of daily weather statistics from the Open-Meteo archive, for each published place.
- Frost and season. The typical last and first frost, and the weeks that suit cool-season and warm-season crops.
- Matched to each plant. Each plant's temperature range and days to harvest are checked against those weeks.
These are typical figures, not guarantees. Adjust a week or two if your garden runs colder or warmer than the area model.