Zone 8a planting calendar

What to plant in June: zone 8a

Zone 8a averages its last spring frost around March 30 and its first fall frost around November 15. 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: March 30

First frost: November 15

Winter lows: 10 to 15 °F

Zone 8a Almanac. What growers here actually recorded: sowing weeks, days to first pick, and yields.

Succession sow

Winter squasharound Jun 1
Sowing 3: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Beetaround Jun 8
Sowing 3: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Carrotaround Jun 8
Sowing 3: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Cucumberaround Jun 15
Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Zucchiniaround Jun 15
Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Basilaround Jun 15
Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Winter squasharound Jun 22
Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Beetaround Jun 29
Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Carrotaround Jun 29
Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

Garden care

Scout for pests weeklyaround Jun 1
Squash bugs, hornworms and cucumber beetles peak now: five minutes of hand-picking beats a rescue spray.

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