Zone 2b planting calendar
What to plant in July: zone 2b
A rule-of-thumb starting point for zone 2b: last spring frost around May 31, first fall frost around August 25. Zones are set by winter lows, not frost dates, so two gardens in the same zone can be weeks apart. Measure your ZIP below for dates from your area's own 30-year record.
Typical last frost: May 31
Typical first frost: August 25
Winter lows: -45 to -40 °F
Garden care
- Side-dress heavy feeders3 sowings: Jul 12 and Jul 19 and Jul 26
Tomatoes, peppers, corn and squash get compost or fish emulsion once fruit sets. Sowing again a few weeks later keeps the harvest coming instead of arriving all at once.
Sow cover crop
- Cover crop (cereal rye + crimson clover)around Jul 26
Sown a month before frost it germinates, holds your soil all winter, and feeds it in spring.
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