- 🏠Jalapeño Peppers
Start indoors, keep warm 78–85°F
- 🏠California Wonder Peppers
Same as jalapeño — use heat mat
- 🏠Roma Tomatoes
8–10 weeks before last frost
- 🏠Utah Celery
Long season — start early
- 🏠Long Island Brussels Sprouts
Need full season, 90–100 days
- 🏠Roma Tomatoes
Last call for indoor starts
- 🏠Large Leaf Basil
Wait until soil warms to transplant
- 🏠Butter Crunch Lettuce
Or direct sow in mild climates
- 🏠Crimson Sweet Watermelon
Use peat pots for transplanting
- 🏠Pickling Cucumbers
Last indoor start or direct sow
- 🏠Dark Green Zucchini
Big seeds, 1–2 per cell
- 🌍Sugar Beets / Bulls Blood Beets
Sow 1" deep, thin to 3"
- 🌍Snowball Turnips
Fast grower — 50–60 days
- 🌍Scarlett Nantes Carrots
¼" deep in loose soil
- 🌍Green Bush Beans
Soil 60°F+, direct sow only
- 🌍Sugar Lace Snap Peas
Can sow before frost in Zone 5+
- 🌍Yellow Dent Corn
Plant in blocks for pollination
- 🔄Transplant: Tomatoes, Peppers
Harden off 1 week first
- 🔄Transplant: Celery, Brassicas
When 4–6" tall, after frost
- 🌍Jack-o-Lantern Pumpkin
Space 6' apart
- 🌍Luffa Sponge Gourd
Needs trellis, long season
- 🌍Catnip
One plant is enough — self-seeds
- 🌍White Bunching Onion
Harvest fall or overwinter
- 🔄Green Bush Beans
Sow every 2 weeks for continuous harvest
- 🌍Sugar Beets / Bulls Blood Beets
Fall beets are sweeter
- 🌍Scarlett Nantes Carrots
August–September harvest
- 🌍Coriander (Cilantro)
Spring plants bolted — new crop
- 🌍Butter Crunch Lettuce
Shade-tolerant summer plant
- 🌍Red Russian Kale
Overwinters in Zone 5+, sweetens after frost
- 🌍Butter Crunch Lettuce
Fall crop tastes better
- 🌍Sugar Beets / Bulls Blood Beets
Harvest before hard freeze
- 🌍Snowball Turnips
Fast — ready before freeze
- 🌍White Bunching Onion
Overwinters, harvest early spring
💡 Succession planting: Sow beans, beets, carrots, and cilantro every 2–3 weeks from June through August. Each planting matures later, giving you a steady harvest all season.
🌳 Tree Seeds — Year-Round Planning
- 📅Spring or Fall
Fall preferred. Needs summer shade when young.
- 📅Fall
Plant bare-root in dormant season.
- 📅Spring
Slow grower. Excellent hedge plant.
- 📅Spring
Hardy, drought-tolerant once established.
⚠️ Plant tree seeds where they'll stay permanently. Most don't transplant well once roots establish. Dig deep, water well the first year.
⚡ Quick Reference — At a Glance
- Roma Tomatoes
- Jalapeño Peppers
- California Wonder Peppers
- Large Leaf Basil
- Utah Celery
- Long Island Brussels Sprouts
- Butter Crunch Lettuce
- Sugar Beets
- Bulls Blood Beets
- Snowball Turnips
- Scarlett Nantes Carrots
- Green Bush Beans
- Sugar Lace Snap Peas
- Yellow Dent Corn
- White Bunching Onion
- Catnip, Cilantro, Parsley
- Red Russian Kale
- Pickling Cucumbers
- Dark Green Zucchini
- Jack-o-Lantern Pumpkin
- Crimson Sweet Watermelon
- Luffa Sponge Gourd
- Japanese Maple
- Red Cedar
- Southern Yew
- Chinese Elm
💡 Key Growing Tips
- 🫘Beans & Peas
Never transplant — sow directly. They hate root disturbance.
- 🌽Corn
Plant in blocks (3+ rows), not single rows, for wind pollination.
- 🌶️Peppers
Need 78–85°F to germinate. Heat mat is worth it.
- 🥕Carrots & Beets
Thin seedlings aggressively — crowding = tiny harvest.
- 🥒Cucumbers & Squash
Direct sow is easiest. If transplanting, use peat pots.
- 🌿Cilantro
Bolts in heat. Succession sow every 3 weeks.
- 🥬Kale
Fall-harvested kale is sweeter. Frost improves flavor.
- 🥦Brussels Sprouts
Long season (90–100 days). Start early, harvest late.