Zone 7a planting calendar

What to plant in June: zone 7a

A rule-of-thumb starting point for zone 7a: last spring frost around April 15, first fall frost around October 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.

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 15
Typical first frost: October 25
Winter lows: 0 to 5 °F
Zone 7a Almanac. What growers here actually recorded: sowing weeks, days to first pick, and yields.

Succession sow

  • Beet2 sowings: Jun 3 and Jun 24

    Sowing 2: 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: Jun 3 and Jun 24

    Sowing 2: 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.

  • Bush beanaround Jun 10

    Sowing 4: replant every 14 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

  • Cucumberaround Jun 10

    Sowing 3: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

  • Zucchiniaround Jun 10

    Sowing 3: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

  • Sweet cornaround Jun 10

    Sowing 4: replant every 14 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

  • Basilaround Jun 10

    Sowing 3: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

  • Winter squasharound Jun 17

    Sowing 3: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

Garden care

  • Prune and stake tomatoes3 sowings: Jun 3 and Jun 10 and Jun 17

    Pull suckers and lower leaves for airflow. The main defense against blight in humid heat. Sowing again a few weeks later keeps the harvest coming instead of arriving all at once.

Plan & order

  • Order fall seedaround Jun 27

    Fall brassicas and greens get sown in the heat of summer. Have the seed on hand before that window opens.

Start indoors for fall

  • Broccoliaround Jun 30

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

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