Fresno, CA · zone 9b · ~322 frost-free days
When to plant a garden in Fresno.
In Fresno, the typical last spring frost lands around Jan 24 and the first fall frost around Dec 12, giving you about 322 frost-free days. Cool-season crops go out before the last frost; warm-season crops wait until after it.
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Sow dates for Fresno, keyed to your frost.
| Crop | Start indoors | Spring sow / set out | Fall sow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomato, slicing | Dec 20 to Feb 19 | Jan 31 to Apr 2 | — |
| Lettuce, leaf | — | Jan 1 to Jan 31 | Sep 28 to Nov 27 |
| Carrot | — | Jan 1 to Jan 19 | Sep 16 to Oct 12 |
| Bush Bean | — | Jan 24 to Mar 16 | Aug 28 to Sep 30 |
| Cucumber, slicing | — | Jan 31 to May 2 | Aug 11 to Sep 11 |
| Pepper, bell | Dec 29 to Feb 19 | Feb 9 to Apr 2 | — |
| Kale | Nov 20 to Dec 3 | Jan 1 to Jan 14 | Sep 11 to Oct 27 |
| Spinach | — | Jan 1 to Jan 14 | Sep 28 to Nov 16 |
Fresno sits in Zone 9b, but two gardens in the same city can be a week or two apart. The planner works from your ZIP code's frost dates, not the zone, so the dates land right for your block, not the metro average.
Build your Fresno garden plan.
Tell the free planner what you want to eat and who you're feeding. It returns plant counts, spacing, and frost-safe sow dates for ZIP 93721 in about 60 seconds.