Schedule your vegetable garden planting with this guide.
As you plan which foods that you’d like to grow in your garden, remember that among other things, you must also take the following into account:
- Soil pH Requirements of Different Garden Vegetables
- Vegetable Gardening Basics (Planning, Preparing the soil, and Planting)
- Identifying Your Soil Type
Note: This does not include plotting for Square Foot Gardening
| Food Vegetable | Start Seed Indoors |
Plant in Garden S = Seed P = Plant |
Seed Spacing |
Distance Between Rows |
Seed Depth | Days to Maturity |
YIELD PER 100′ ROW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artichokes | Feb-Mar | S – After Frost P – After Frost |
36″ | 48″ | 1/2″ | 365 | 35+ heads |
| Asparagus | n/a | P – Mar-April | 8″ between root tips | 34-36″ | 1/4-1/2″ | 365 | 400+ spears |
| Beans, Bush (snap) | n/a | S – After Frost | 4-6″ | 18″ | 1″ | 60-64 | 80 lbs |
| Beans, bush (dry) | n/a | S – After Frost | 4-6″ | 24″ | 1″ | 90-100 | 8 lbs |
| Beans, Pole | n/a | S – After Frost | 8″ | 36″ | 1″ | 70-85 | 150 lbs |
| Beans, Fava | n/a | S – After Frost | 8″ | 36″ | 1″ | 180 | 20 lbs |
| Beans, Lima | n/a | S – After Frost | 4-6″ | 36″ | 1″ | 85 | 12 lbs |
| Beets | n/a | S – Early Spring | 1″ | 5″ | 3/4″ | 50-80 | 100 lbs |
| Bitter Melon | March | S – After Frost | 4′ | 3′ | 1-2″ | 90 | 180 melons |
| Broccoli | Early Spring | S – 3/1 – 6/15 P – 3/1 – 6/15 |
18-24″ | 24-36″ | 1/2″ | 55-90 | 75 lbs |
| Broccoli, Overwintering | 7/15 – 8/1 | S – Mid Summer | 18-24″ | 24-36″ | 1/2″ | 220-250 | 75 lbs |
| Brussels Sprouts | February | P – March S – 6/1 – 7/15 |
15-18″ | 24-36″ | 1/2″ | 100-180 | 60 lbs |
| Burdock | n/a | S – 4/1 – 5/1 | 4′ | 42″ | 2″ | 100 | 100 lbs |
| Cabbage, Early | Early Spring | P – 4/15 – 6/15 | 4-6″ | 24-36″ | 1/2″ | 70-85 | 60 heads |
| Cabbage, Late | Late Spring | S – 5/15 – 7/15 | 4-6″ | 24-36″ | 1/2″ | 85-210 | 60 heads |
| Chinese Cabbage | Early Spring | S – 4/15 – 6/15 | 4-6″ | 12-18″ | 1/2″ | 75-80 | 60 heads |
| Carrots | n/a | S – Early Spring | 2-3″ | 12-16″ | 1/4″ | 70-90 | 100 lbs |
| Cauliflower, Early | Early Spring | S – Early Spring P – Spring |
18-24″ | 24-36″ | 1/2″ | 50-80 | 60 Heads |
| Cauliflower, Late | Late Spring | S -6/15 – 7/15 | 18-24″ | 24-36″ | 1/2″ | 80-140 | 60 Heads |
| Cauliflower, Overwinter | Late Spring | S – 7/1 – 8/15 | 18-24″ | 24-36″ | 1/2″ | 200-260 | 60 heads |
| Celery | Early Spring | S – 3/15 – 5/1 | 12″ | 18″ | 1/4″ | 100 | 100 heads |
| Collards | 5/1 – 6/20 | S -After Frost | 12″ | 24″ | 1/2″ | 80 | 75 lbs |
| Corn | 5/1 – 6/15 | S – After Frost | 6-10″ | 30″ | 1 1/2-2″ | 60-100 | 8 dos. ears |
| Corn, Popcorn | 5/1 – 6/15 | S – After Frost | 6″ | 32″ | 1 1/2-2″ | 60-100 | 15 lbs |
| Corn Salad | 3/1 – 6/1 | S – Early Spring | 3″ | 12-20″ | 1/4 – 1/2″ | 50 | 40 lbs |
| Cress | 3/1 – 6/1 | S – Early Spring | 3″ | 12-20″ | 1/4″ | 12-50 | 35 lbs |
| Cucumbers | 5/1 – 7/15 | S – After Frost | 36″ | 5-6″ | hill | 55-75 | 120 lbs |
| Kale | 3/1 – 6/15 | S – Early Spring P – Early Spring |
12″ | 18-24″ | 1/2″ | 60-70 | 75 lbs |
| Kohlrabi | 4/1 – 8/10 | S – Early Spring | 4″ | 12-18″ | 1/2-1″ | 60 | 50 lbs |
| Leeks | 3/1 – 5/15 | S – Early Spring P – After Frost |
2″ | 18″ | 1/2″ | 120 | 150 stalks |
| Lettuce | 4/1 – 8/1 | S – Early Spring | 10-12″ | 16″ | 1/4″ | 65-80 | 50 lbs |
| Luffa | Spring | S – Spring P – After Frost |
4′ | 4″ | 1-2″ | 120 | 200 fruits |
| Chicory/Endive | S -4/1 – 5/1 | S -Spring | 8-12″ | 18-24″ | 1/8-1/4″ | 50-75 | 90 heads |
| Melons | Spring | S – 5/1 – 6/20 | 6-10′ | 1 1/2″ | 55-85 | 50-100 lbs | |
| Mustard | 3/1-8/15 | S – Early Spring | 6/8″ | 18″ | 1/2″ | 30-60 | 100 lbs |
| Mustard. American | 4/1 – 6/15 | S -After Frost | 24″ | 18-24″ | 1/2-1″ | 45 | 50 lbs |
| Okra | 5/01 – 6/15 | S – After Frost | 2″ | 36″ | 1/2″ | 50-60 | 300+ pods |
| Onions | 3/5 – 6/1 | S – Early Spring P – Early Spring |
1/4-1/2″ | 12-18″ | 1/2″ | 100-120 | 100 lbs |
| Parsley | 3/1 – 6/1 | S – Early Spring | 1/2″ | 12-18″ | 1/2″ | 80-90 | 30 lbs |
| Parsnips | 4/1 – 6/15′ | S – Late Spring’ | 3-4″ | 12-18″ | 1/2″ | 120 | 75 lbs |
| Peas | 10/1 – 6/1 | S – Late Fall, Early Spring | 1″ | 18-24″ | 1″ | 95-120 | 20 lbs |
| Peppers | 3/15 – 4/15 | S – After Frost P – After Frost |
12-18″ | 18-24″ | 1/4″ | 80+ | 50 lbs |
| Pumpkins | 4/15 – 5/15 | S – Late Spring P – After Frost |
hill | 8-10′ | 1 1/2″ | 90+ | 300 lbs |
| Purslane | 4/1 – 7/1 | SLate Spring | 6-10″ | 12-20″ | 1/4″ | 50 | 40 lbs |
| Radish | 3/1 – 8-15 | S – Early Spring | 1/2″ | 10″ | 1/2″ | 25-35 | 200 roots |
| Rhubarb | 3/1 – 5/15 | S – Early Spring | 4′ | 5-6′ | 1/4-1/2″ | 365 | 150 roots |
| Rutabaga | 5/1 – 6/15 | S – Late Spring | 1/2-1″ | 18-24″ | 1/2″ | 90-95 | 150 lbs |
| Shallots | 3/1 – 5/15 | S – Early Spring P – Early Spring |
5-6″ | 12-20″ | 1/4-1/2″ | 90 | 25 lbs |
| Sorrel | 5/1 – 7/1 | S – Late Spring | 6-10″ | 12-20″ | 1/2″ | 50 | 40 lbs |
| Spinach | 3/1 – 8/15 | S – Early Spring | 3″ | 12-18″ | 1/2″ | 40-50 | 40 lbs |
| Squash, Summer | 4/15 – 6/15 | S – Early Spring P – After Frost |
hill | 4′ | 1 1/2″ | 55-70 | 200 lbs |
| Squash, Winter | 5/15 – 6/15 | S – Spring P – After Frost |
hill | 6-10′ | 1 1/2″ | 100-120 | 200 lbs |
| Swiss Chard | 4/1 – 7/15 | S – Early Spring | 1/2-1″ | 18-24″ | 1/2-1″ | 60 | 40 lbs |
| Turnips | 5/1 – 8/15 | S – Early Spring | 1/4-1/2 | 12″ | 1/2″ | 30-55 | 50 lbs |
| Tomatoes | Early Spring | S – Early Spring P – After Frost |
12- 15″ | 18-24″ | 1/4″ | 60+ | 150 lbs |
| Watermelons | 5/1 – 6/01 | S – Spring P – After Frost |
4-6′ | 6-10′ | 1 1/2″ | 55-85 | 50-100 lbs |
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