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Seed Starting Chart
How about a helping hand in planning what seeds to plant and when to plant them? Here's a helpful chart you may use to help plan your planting strategy. It already lists a few of the most common vegetables, fruits and herbs and you may certainly add any plant you wish to your seed starting plan and follow the pattern set forth in the chart.
How To Use The Seed Starting Planner:
- Print out your chart
- Find the frost-free date for where you live and write it at the top of
your plan
- Choose plants you want to grow
- Working from your frost-free date, calculate the dates you should
transplant your plants outdoors and write into chart.
- Working from your transplant date and weeks needed before transplanting
outdoors, calculate your seed starting date and write into chart.
- Get busy and have fun watching your garden come alive and
flourish!
| SEED
STARTING PLANNER |
| The Spring Frost-Free Date where I live is:
________________________________ |
| CROP |
WHEN TO START INSIDE (fill in date) |
WEEKS FROM SOWING BEFORE SETTING OUTDOORS |
SAFE TO SET OUT TIME (RELATIVE TO FROST-FREE
DATE) |
TRANSPLANT OUTDOORS
(fill in
date) |
| Basil |
|
6 |
1
week after |
|
| Beets* |
|
4 to 6 |
2
weeks before** |
|
| Broccoli |
|
4 to 6 |
2
weeks before** |
|
| Cabbage |
|
4 to 6 |
4
weeks before** |
|
| Cauliflower |
|
4 to 6 |
2
weeks before** |
|
| Collards |
|
4 to 6 |
4
weeks before** |
|
| Corn* |
|
2 to 4 |
0 to
2 weeks after |
|
| Cucumber |
|
3 to 4 |
1 to
2 weeks after |
|
| Eggplant |
|
8 to 10 |
2 to
3 weeks after |
|
| Kale |
|
4 to 6 |
4
weeks before** |
|
| Kohlrabi* |
|
4 to 6 |
4
weeks before** |
|
| Lettuce |
|
4 to 5 |
3 to
4 weeks before** |
|
| Melons |
|
3 to 4 |
2
weeks after |
|
| Mustard* |
|
4 to 6 |
4
weeks before** |
|
| Okra* |
|
4 to 6 |
2 to
4 weeks after |
|
| Onions |
|
6 to 8 |
4
weeks before** |
|
| Parsley |
|
9 to 10 |
2 to
3 weeks before** |
|
| Peas* |
|
3 to 4 |
6 to
8 weeks before** |
|
| Peppers |
|
6 to 14 |
2
weeks after |
|
| Pumpkins |
|
3 to 4 |
2
weeks after |
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| Spinach |
|
4 to 6 |
3 to
6 weeks before** |
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| Squash |
|
3 to 4 |
2
weeks after |
|
| Swiss
chard |
|
4 to 6 |
2
weeks before** |
|
| Tomatoes |
|
6 to 8 |
1 to
2 weeks after |
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* These crops are usually direct-seeded outdoors,
but they can be started inside.
** For plants that will be set
outside before frost-free date, see our Frost
Protection Guide
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