Wichita, KS · zone 7a · ~201 frost-free days
When to plant a garden in Wichita.
In Wichita, the typical last spring frost lands around Apr 10 and the first fall frost around Oct 28, giving you about 201 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 Wichita, keyed to your frost.
| Crop | Start indoors | Spring sow / set out | Fall sow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomato, slicing | Mar 6 to May 6 | Apr 17 to Jun 17 | — |
| Lettuce, leaf | — | Mar 3 to Apr 17 | Aug 14 to Oct 13 |
| Carrot | — | Mar 3 to Apr 5 | Aug 2 to Aug 28 |
| Bush Bean | — | Apr 10 to May 31 | Jul 14 to Aug 16 |
| Cucumber, slicing | — | Apr 17 to Jul 17 | Jun 27 to Jul 28 |
| Pepper, bell | Mar 15 to May 6 | Apr 26 to Jun 17 | — |
| Kale | Jan 20 to Feb 17 | Mar 3 to Mar 31 | Jul 28 to Sep 12 |
| Spinach | — | Feb 17 to Mar 31 | Aug 14 to Oct 2 |
Wichita 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 Wichita 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 67202 in about 60 seconds.