New York, NY · zone 7b · ~234 frost-free days
When to plant a garden in New York.
In New York, the typical last spring frost lands around Mar 30 and the first fall frost around Nov 19, 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 New York, keyed to your frost.
| Crop | Start indoors | Spring sow / set out | Fall sow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomato, slicing | Feb 23 to Apr 25 | Apr 6 to Jun 6 | — |
| Lettuce, leaf | — | Feb 20 to Apr 6 | Sep 5 to Nov 4 |
| Carrot | — | Feb 20 to Mar 25 | Aug 24 to Sep 19 |
| Bush Bean | — | Mar 30 to May 20 | Aug 5 to Sep 7 |
| Cucumber, slicing | — | Apr 6 to Jul 6 | Jul 19 to Aug 19 |
| Pepper, bell | Mar 4 to Apr 25 | Apr 15 to Jun 6 | — |
| Kale | Jan 9 to Feb 6 | Feb 20 to Mar 20 | Aug 19 to Oct 4 |
| Spinach | — | Feb 6 to Mar 20 | Sep 5 to Oct 24 |
New York sits in Zone 7b, 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 10001 in about 60 seconds.