Tallahassee, FL · zone 8b · ~255 frost-free days
When to plant a garden in Tallahassee.
In Tallahassee, the typical last spring frost lands around Mar 12 and the first fall frost around Nov 22, giving you about 255 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 Tallahassee, keyed to your frost.
| Crop | Start indoors | Spring sow / set out | Fall sow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomato, slicing | Feb 5 to Apr 7 | Mar 19 to May 19 | — |
| Lettuce, leaf | — | Feb 2 to Mar 19 | Sep 8 to Nov 7 |
| Carrot | — | Feb 2 to Mar 7 | Aug 27 to Sep 22 |
| Bush Bean | — | Mar 12 to May 2 | Aug 8 to Sep 10 |
| Cucumber, slicing | — | Mar 19 to Jun 18 | Jul 22 to Aug 22 |
| Pepper, bell | Feb 14 to Apr 7 | Mar 28 to May 19 | — |
| Kale | Dec 22 to Jan 19 | Feb 2 to Mar 2 | Aug 22 to Oct 7 |
| Spinach | — | Jan 19 to Mar 2 | Sep 8 to Oct 27 |
Tallahassee sits in Zone 8b, 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 32301 in about 60 seconds.