Morgantown, WV · zone 6b · ~180 frost-free days
When to plant a garden in Morgantown.
In Morgantown, the typical last spring frost lands around Apr 26 and the first fall frost around Oct 23, giving you about 180 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 Morgantown, keyed to your frost.
| Crop | Start indoors | Spring sow / set out | Fall sow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomato, slicing | Mar 22 to May 22 | May 3 to Jul 3 | — |
| Lettuce, leaf | — | Mar 19 to May 3 | Aug 9 to Oct 8 |
| Carrot | — | Mar 19 to Apr 21 | Jul 28 to Aug 23 |
| Bush Bean | — | Apr 26 to Jun 16 | Jul 9 to Aug 11 |
| Cucumber, slicing | — | May 3 to Aug 2 | Jun 22 to Jul 23 |
| Pepper, bell | Mar 31 to May 22 | May 12 to Jul 3 | — |
| Kale | Feb 5 to Mar 5 | Mar 19 to Apr 16 | Jul 23 to Sep 7 |
| Spinach | — | Mar 5 to Apr 16 | Aug 9 to Sep 27 |
Morgantown sits in Zone 6b, 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.
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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 26501 in about 60 seconds.