Garden Planting Calendar Zone 5

You should adjust the planting dates relative to your particular area and the specific variety of vegetables going into your garden.
Garden planting calendar zone 5. See the chart on right to view the average dates of first and last freeze low temperature reaches 32 degrees fahrenheit for each zone. Vegetable planting calendar find out when to plant vegetables with the almanac s planting guide. Plant by the moon calendar from the farmers almanac. Enter your usda plant hardiness zone.
The exact values may be slightly off 2 weeks for your particular zone. If you re new to vegetable gardening you ll want to know that there is a right time to sow each variety of vegetable seed. With a last frost date of may 15th and first frost date of october 15th. In case you don t know it then use our look up tool to find it.
The map is based on the average annual minimum winter temperature divided into 10 degree f zones. These dates will vary a week or two so it s important to watch the weather before planting. Welcome to the farmers almanac gardening by the moon calendar. When to plant vegetables for zones 5 6.
Start by entering your usda plant hardiness zone. This planting calendar helps you pick the best dates for popular garden tasks starting seeds pruning shrubs harvesting weeding and much more according to our 200 year old formula that relies on phases and position of the moon. Here s a handy fall garden guide to help you decide what to plant in the fall garden and when to plant your fall crops. By entering your hardiness zone only plants that can be reasonably grown in your planting zone will appear on your customized planting list.
The succession gardening chart below shows the last fall planting dates based on the first expected frost dates in the fall. Here s how to use our vegetable planting calendar. The gardening experts at the old farmer s almanac. Zone 5 is ideal for using raised garden beds and transplanting of crops grown indoors or from a greenhouse to ensure the plants are hardy enough for the cooler temperatures.
We ll tell you the earliest dates to plant vegetables in the spring and the last dates that you can plant for a fall harvest based on average frost dates for your location. Most vegetable varieties will have no problem maturing before your first frost date. For example if planting in hardiness zone 5 the last frost date is generally between april 1st april 15th and the first frost date typically falls between october 16th october 31st. Annual minimum temperature for zone 5 is 15ºf.
The average last frost date in spring for zone 5 falls beginning to mid april with another growing season typically taking place in fall before the first frost hits in october. These dates will in part dictate when the best time to plant is. Usda plant hardiness zone map. Each usda planting zone has its own schedule for sowing seeds.