Zone 6a monthly plan

October planting calendar for zone 6a

These actions use zone 6a's typical frost dates and each crop's extension-sourced planting window.

Last spring frost: April 29
First fall frost: October 16
Exact actions: 1

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

Exact October dates

Planting jobs

Your October checklist

Search a crop or narrow the list by garden action. Dates are shifted from zone 6a's typical frost window.

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Fall planting

Garlic
vegetable
October 23 to October 30
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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.