Planting planner: Anchorage, Alaska
Typical last spring frost May 1 (1 spring in 10 later than May 9). Typical first fall frost September 29 (1 fall in 10 earlier than September 17). Growing season about 150 days.
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Your season is too short for a separate fall planting of cabbage: sown late enough to be a fall crop, it wouldn't be ready before the typical first frost. Your spring planting is your harvest.
January
Nothing to start this month.
February
- February 13 to March 13: Broccoli and cabbage (start seeds indoors)
- February 27 to March 27: Cauliflower (start seeds indoors)
March
- March 13 to April 3: Eggplant (start seeds indoors)
- March 20 to April 3: Peppers (start seeds indoors)
- March 27 to April 10: Tomatoes (start seeds indoors)
April
- April 3 to 17: Peas, spinach, lettuce, radishes, onion sets, turnips (sow outdoors)
- April 3 to 17: Broccoli and cabbage (plant out)
- April 17 to May 1: Beets, carrots, potatoes, Swiss chard (plant outdoors)
- April 17 to May 1: Cauliflower (plant out)
May
- May 1: Snap beans, sweet corn, cucumbers, summer squash (sow outdoors)
- May 15: Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant (plant out)
- May 15: Melons, winter squash, pumpkins, lima beans (sow outdoors)
- May 24 to June 7: Broccoli for fall (start seeds)
June
Nothing to start this month.
July
- July 3: Snap beans for fall (last date to sow)
- July 7: Carrots for fall (last date to sow)
- July 8: Cucumbers for fall (last date to sow)
- July 12: Peas for fall (last date to sow)
- July 13: Summer squash for fall (last date to sow)
- July 17: Leaf lettuce and beets for fall (last date to sow)
- July 27: Turnips and kohlrabi for fall (last date to sow)
August
- August 6: Spinach for fall (last date to sow)
- August 16: Radishes for fall (last date to sow)
September
- September 17: Tomatoes, peppers, squash, melons, cucumbers (watch the forecast)
October
- October 15 to 22: Garlic (plant cloves)
November
Nothing to start this month.
December
Nothing to start this month.
Dates from NOAA's 1991 to 2020 climate normals for Anchorage Merrill Field (station USW00026409), less than a mile from the center of Anchorage. Planting rules: Colorado State University Extension GardenNotes #720 (spring), Virginia Cooperative Extension 426-334 (fall crops), University of Minnesota Extension (garlic). Spring bulbs: plant when the soil has cooled to about 50 to 55°F, until a couple of weeks before the ground freezes (University of Wisconsin–Madison Extension). Full details: https://lastfrostdate.com/frost-dates/alaska/anchorage/