Here Is When To Plant 8 Of The Most Popular Vegetables
It is no secret. I have the OPPOSITE of a Green Thumb when it comes to growing ANYTHING in a garden, in a pot, or in a planter. I can LOOK at a plant, and it will wither and die. I either water it too much, water it not enough, or plant it at the completely wrong time.
Last year, I had a friend who would daily walk me through the process of growing basil. We would Facetime every single day. I would do EXACTLY what she said, while she was on the phone. STILL — her basil FLOURISHED, mine turned hard and brown.
So, I may be CRAZY, but I’m trying again this year. Only this time, I’m trying to grow vegetables. I know, I’m insane. I’m going to make it work, dang it.
I am PREPARED this year. I started at the The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) website, and studied the map that told me what “zone” I’m in. You can find it here.
Now that we have our correct “zones” for planting, we can move on to the suggested planting dates for veggies.
For our purposes, we are going to focus on tomatoes, bell peppers, radishes, cucumbers, onions, carrots, peas, and green beans — because that’s what I planted.
Here are the suggested planting dates per zone
Tomatoes
- Zone 3: Grow Indoors
- Zone 4: May / June
- Zone 5: Mid-May
- Zone 6: April / May
- Zone 7: April
- Zone 8: Late March / Early April
- Zone 9: Late March / Early April
- Zone 10: Late March / Early April
Bell Peppers
- Zone 3: Grow Indoors
- Zone 4: Mid-May
- Zone 5: May / June
- Zone 6: April / May
- Zone 7: April
- Zone 8: Late March / Early April
- Zone 9: Late April / Early May
- Zone 10: May
Radishes
- Zone 3: June
- Zone 4: Mid-April
- Zone 5: March / April
- Zone 6: March
- Zone 7: Early February
- Zone 8: January
- Zone 9: August
- Zone 10: September
Cucumbers
- Zone 3: July
- Zone 4: May / June
- Zone 5: Mid-May
- Zone 6: Early June
- Zone 7: March/April
- Zone 8: April
- Zone 9: April
- Zone 10: April
Onions
- Zone 3: Grow Indoors
- Zone 4: April / May
- Zone 5: Mid-April
- Zone 6: March
- Zone 7: Early February
- Zone 8: Mid-January
- Zone 9: Mid-January
- Zone 10: January
Carrots
- Zone 3: July
- Zone 4: Late May
- Zone 5: Mid-April
- Zone 6: Mid-April
- Zone 7: February
- Zone 8: February
- Zone 9: Early February
- Zone 10: January
Peas
- Zone 3: Mid-July
- Zone 4: Mid-April
- Zone 5: Late March / Early April
- Zone 6: Mid March
- Zone 7: February
- Zone 8: February
- Zone 9: Early February
- Zone 10: January
Green Beans
- Zone 3: July
- Zone 4: Mid-June
- Zone 5: Mid-June
- Zone 6: Early-to-mid June
- Zone 7: Mid-April
- Zone 8: April
- Zone 9: Late April
- Zone 10: Late April
I bought this Survival Garden set on the Amazon website, and it is FULL of all the heirloom seeds I will ever need. Don’t tell me this is a bad idea. Let me have this one.
I started the seedlings in these little disposable pots that I also got on the Amazon website. If you can’t tell, I get most of my stuff from Amazon. They have everything!
I didn’t get CRAZY with planting. Out of the 32 varieties of seeds that come in the Survival Garden — it’s really a survival farm in a bag, AMIRITE?!? — I started by planting 8 things: tomatoes, bell peppers, radishes, cucumbers, onions, carrots, peas, and green beans.
I started some of the seeds a bit early, but I think that’s okay. We’ll find out, right?!? They sprouted, so that’s a good sign.
Gift swaps? How cool!! How does that work?
Interested!!