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Our Seed Planting Guide
| Plant type | Date to Sow Indoors | Date to Sow in Garden | Seed SpacingP=Plants R=Rows |
Seed depth | Maturity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asparagus | n/a | Perennial Plant in early spring |
P=12" R=3-4 ft. |
2-3" | Second year |
| Avocado | Any Time | Tree | P=10 ft. | 2-3" | 3-5 years |
| Beans, bush | n/a | April-May | P=4" R=18-24" |
1½" | 60 days |
| Beans, pole | n/a | May | P=36" R=48" |
1½-2" | 60 days |
| Beets | n/a | April and again in June | P=4" R=18" |
½" | 40-70 days |
| Broccoli | n/a | April-May |
P=24" R=30-36" |
½-1" | 4-5 months |
| Brussels Sprouts | n/a | Plants: early spring Seeds: late June |
P=18-24" R=3 ft. |
¼" | 90 days |
| Cabbage | Feb-March, Into garden in May | April | P=24" R=24-36" |
½" | 4-5 months |
| Carrots | n/a | April and again in July | P=2-4" R=18-24" |
½" | 90 days |
| Cauliflower | Jan.-Feb. Into garden in May | May | P=15" R=24-36" |
½" | 4-5 months |
| Corn (sweet) | n/a | MaySuccessive plantings every 2 weeks | P=3" R=24" |
1" | 2-3 months |
| Cucumbers | n/a | May-June | P=36-48" R=36-48" 3-4 plants per mound |
1" | 2-3 months |
| Eggplants | Feb.-MarchSet in garden in May | 2 weeks after last frost | P=24" R=36" |
¼" | 4-5+ months |
| Gourds | n/a | Last Frost | P=12" | ¾" | 120-180 days |
| Horseradish | n/a | Perennial Plant in early spring |
P=4 ft. | 2" | First Fall |
| Kiwi | n/a | Set plants in early Spring | Plant male vine and female vine one foot apart | Node at ground level | Second year |
| Lettuce | Feb.-MarchSet in garden in early April | April | P=8-12" R=18-24" |
¼" | 70-90 days |
| Okra | n/a | 2 weeks after last frost | P=12" R=3-4 ft. |
¾" | 50-75 days |
| Onions | FebruarySet in garden in April | Plant onion sets in April | P=3" R=12-18" |
½" | seeds 3-4 monthssets 50-60 days |
| Peanuts | n/a | Plant seeds in early April | P=3" R=30-36" |
1-1½" | Fall |
| Peas | n/a | AprilSuccessive plantings every 2 weeks | P=3-6" (double row) R=72" |
1½-2" | 60 days |
| Peppers | Feb.-March Set in garden in May | May | P=24" R=24" |
½" | 4-5 months |
| Potatoes | n/a | April-May | P=8" R=36" |
3-6" | 90-150 days |
| Pumpkins | n/a | May | P=6-8" R=36" |
3-4" | 4-5 months |
| Radishes | Feb.-MarchInto garden early April | April | P=1-3" R=18-24" |
½" | 30 days |
| Raspberry | n/a | Late Fall/Early Spring | P=2 ft. R=7-8 ft. |
2" deeper than current depth | Early Summer |
| Rhubarb | n/a | Perennial Plant in early spring |
P=24" R=24-36" |
¾" | Second spring |
| Spinach | n/a | April | P=6" R=12-18" |
½" | 90 days |
| Squash | n/a | May-June | P=36" R=36" 3-4 plants per mound |
½-1" | 4-5 months |
| Strawberries | n/a | Late Fall/Early Spring | P=18" R=18" |
plant crown | Varies |
| Tomato | March | May | P=30-36" R=30-36" |
½" | 4-5 months |
| Watermelons and muskmelons | n/a | May | P=72" R=72" 1-2 plants per mound |
1" | 4-5 months |