Greenville, SC · zone 8a · ~234 frost-free days
When to plant a garden in Greenville.
In Greenville, the typical last spring frost lands around Mar 23 and the first fall frost around Nov 12, giving you about 234 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 Greenville, keyed to your frost.
| Crop | Start indoors | Spring sow / set out | Fall sow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomato, slicing | Feb 16 to Apr 18 | Mar 30 to May 30 | — |
| Lettuce, leaf | — | Feb 13 to Mar 30 | Aug 29 to Oct 28 |
| Carrot | — | Feb 13 to Mar 18 | Aug 17 to Sep 12 |
| Bush Bean | — | Mar 23 to May 13 | Jul 29 to Aug 31 |
| Cucumber, slicing | — | Mar 30 to Jun 29 | Jul 12 to Aug 12 |
| Pepper, bell | Feb 25 to Apr 18 | Apr 8 to May 30 | — |
| Kale | Jan 2 to Jan 30 | Feb 13 to Mar 13 | Aug 12 to Sep 27 |
| Spinach | — | Jan 30 to Mar 13 | Aug 29 to Oct 17 |
Greenville sits in Zone 8a, 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 Greenville 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 29601 in about 60 seconds.