Zone 5a monthly plan
July 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
- 19
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Zone averages cover wide areas. Your nearest NOAA station gives a more local frost window.
Planting jobs
Your July checklist
Search a crop or narrow the list by garden action. Dates are shifted from zone 5a's typical frost window.
19 matching actions, with 10 shown first
Fall planting
6- Cabbage
vegetable
July 27 to August 310 sources
- Cauliflower
vegetable
July 27 to August 310 sources
- Collards
vegetable
July 60 sources
- Kohlrabi
vegetable
July 13 to August 100 sources
- Lettuce
vegetable
July 6 to August 100 sources
Show 1 more fall planting
- SpinachJuly 27 to August 31
Harvest
13- Beet
vegetable
June 11 to July 80 sources
- Carrot
vegetable
June 21 to July 280 sources
- Collards
vegetable
June 11 to July 10 sources
- Cucamelon
vegetable
July 12 to July 170 sources
- Fennel
herb
July 2 to August 10 sources
Show 8 more harvest
- New Zealand SpinachJune 22 to July 19
- ParsnipJuly 21 to August 17
- PumpkinJuly 12 to September 14
- RomanescoJuly 17 to August 11
- Sweet CornJuly 2 to August 15
- TomatilloJuly 9 to July 31
- WatermelonJuly 27 to August 15
- ZucchiniJune 27 to July 11
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.
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, 2023 by USDA Agricultural Research Service / Oregon State University PRISM Group. the USDA hardiness-zone band.
- U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. the median spring and fall freeze dates.
Local conditions vary.