Zone 7a planting calendar

What to plant in October: zone 7a

Zone 7a averages its last spring frost around April 15 and its first fall frost around October 25. Everything below is timed from those two dates, so it stays useful whether you're planting for summer or for a fall harvest.

These are zone-average dates. Check an area-level frost estimate from thirty years of nearby weather history and this calendar retimes itself.

Last frost: April 15

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.

Direct sow for fall

Radisharound Oct 6
Counts back 30 days from your first frost. Frost-hardy: light freezes sweeten it.

Plant to overwinter

Garlicaround Oct 11
Cloves go in about two weeks before first frost. They root now, sleep, then bulb next summer.

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