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Zone 5a monthly plan

April planting calendar for zone 5a

These actions use zone 5a's typical frost dates and each crop's extension-sourced planting window.

Last spring frost
May 3
First fall frost
October 5
Exact actions
40

Get dates for your exact ZIP

Zone averages cover wide areas. Your nearest NOAA station gives a more local frost window.

Exact April dates

Planting jobs

Your April checklist

Search a crop or narrow the list by garden action. Dates are shifted from zone 5a's typical frost window.

40 matching actions, with 15 shown first

Start indoors

13
Show 8 more start indoors

Transplant outdoors

8
Show 3 more transplant outdoors

Direct sow

19
  • Beet

    vegetable

    April 12 to April 19
    0 sources
    • Broccoli

      vegetable

      April 12 to April 19
      0 sources
      • Cabbage

        vegetable

        April 12 to April 19
        0 sources
        • Carrot

          vegetable

          April 12 to April 19
          0 sources
          • Cauliflower

            vegetable

            April 19 to April 26
            0 sources
            Show 14 more direct sow

            How this checklist is sourced

            USDA defines the hardiness zone, NOAA normals provide the typical frost anchors, and each crop's extension source supplies the planting offset. Broad season-only notes are kept on plant profiles because they do not change from one zone page to another.

            Local conditions vary.