Zone 6b planting calendar

What to plant in July: zone 6b

A rule-of-thumb starting point for zone 6b: last spring frost around April 25, first fall frost around October 15. 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.

These are zone-average dates. Check an area-level frost estimate from thirty years of nearby weather history and this calendar retimes itself.
Typical last frost: April 25
Typical first frost: October 15
Winter lows: -5 to 0 °F
Zone 6b Almanac. What growers here actually recorded: sowing weeks, days to first pick, and yields.

Succession sow

  • Beet2 sowings: Jul 4 and Jul 25

    Sowing 3: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season. Sowing again a few weeks later keeps the harvest coming instead of arriving all at once.

  • Carrot2 sowings: Jul 4 and Jul 25

    Sowing 3: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season. Sowing again a few weeks later keeps the harvest coming instead of arriving all at once.

  • Cucumberaround Jul 11

    Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

  • Zucchiniaround Jul 11

    Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

  • Basilaround Jul 11

    Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

  • Winter squasharound Jul 18

    Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

Start indoors for fall

  • Kalearound Jul 7

    Fall kale window opens. Sow trays any time in the next four weeks.

  • Broccoliaround Jul 18

    Seedlings need 5 weeks before they go out for a fall harvest.

Direct sow for fall

  • Parsleyaround Jul 9

    Fall parsley window opens. Sowing now beats the last-minute date by a month of growth.

  • Bush beanaround Jul 14

    Fall bush bean window opens. Sowing now beats the last-minute date by a month of growth.

  • Lettucearound Jul 15

    Succession sowing 3 of 3. Sow every 21 days for a steady cut.

  • Peaaround Jul 19

    Fall pea window opens. Sowing now beats the last-minute date by a month of growth.

  • Cilantroaround Jul 20

    Succession sowing 3 of 3. Sow every 21 days for a steady cut.

  • Carrotaround Jul 20

    Fall carrot window opens. Sowing now beats the last-minute date by a month of growth.

  • Beetaround Jul 24

    Fall beet window opens. Sowing now beats the last-minute date by a month of growth.

  • Dillaround Jul 24

    Fall dill window opens. Sowing now beats the last-minute date by a month of growth.

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