Salt Lake City, UT · zone 7a · ~219 frost-free days
When to plant a garden in Salt Lake City.
In Salt Lake City, the typical last spring frost lands around Apr 2 and the first fall frost around Nov 7, giving you about 219 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 Salt Lake City, keyed to your frost.
| Crop | Start indoors | Spring sow / set out | Fall sow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomato, slicing | Feb 26 to Apr 28 | Apr 9 to Jun 9 | — |
| Lettuce, leaf | — | Feb 23 to Apr 9 | Aug 24 to Oct 23 |
| Carrot | — | Feb 23 to Mar 28 | Aug 12 to Sep 7 |
| Bush Bean | — | Apr 2 to May 23 | Jul 24 to Aug 26 |
| Cucumber, slicing | — | Apr 9 to Jul 9 | Jul 7 to Aug 7 |
| Pepper, bell | Mar 7 to Apr 28 | Apr 18 to Jun 9 | — |
| Kale | Jan 12 to Feb 9 | Feb 23 to Mar 23 | Aug 7 to Sep 22 |
| Spinach | — | Feb 9 to Mar 23 | Aug 24 to Oct 12 |
Salt Lake City sits in Zone 7a, 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 Salt Lake City 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 84101 in about 60 seconds.