Planting planner: Palm Coast, Florida
Typical last spring frost January 24 (1 spring in 10 later than February 18). Typical first fall frost January 11 (1 fall in 10 earlier than December 19). Growing season about 356 days.
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Frost doesn't come every year here: about 57 years in 100 have at least one freezing night. The calendar is built on the dates for the years that do.
We don't give a garlic date here. The rule we use, from the University of Minnesota Extension, counts from the first killing frost, and it works where a hard freeze comes every year before the ground freezes. Your county's extension office can tell you when to plant garlic in your climate.
Your typical last frost comes before mid-February. Where winters are this mild, summer heat limits the garden as much as frost does, and most planting happens in fall and late winter. Your county's extension office publishes a calendar made for your climate.
January
- January 10 to 24: Beets, carrots, potatoes, Swiss chard (plant outdoors)
- January 10 to 24: Cauliflower (plant out)
- January 24: Snap beans, sweet corn, cucumbers, summer squash (sow outdoors)
February
- February 7: Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant (plant out)
- February 7: Melons, winter squash, pumpkins, lima beans (sow outdoors)
March
Nothing to start this month.
April
Nothing to start this month.
May
Nothing to start this month.
June
Nothing to start this month.
July
Nothing to start this month.
August
- August 16 to 30: Cabbage for fall (start seeds)
September
- September 5 to 19: Broccoli for fall (start seeds)
October
- October 15: Snap beans for fall (last date to sow)
- October 19: Carrots for fall (last date to sow)
- October 20: Cucumbers for fall (last date to sow)
- October 24: Peas for fall (last date to sow)
- October 25: Summer squash for fall (last date to sow)
- October 29: Leaf lettuce and beets for fall (last date to sow)
November
- November 8 to December 6: Broccoli and cabbage (start seeds indoors)
- November 8: Turnips and kohlrabi for fall (last date to sow)
- November 18: Spinach for fall (last date to sow)
- November 22 to December 20: Cauliflower (start seeds indoors)
- November 28: Radishes for fall (last date to sow)
December
- December 6 to 27: Eggplant (start seeds indoors)
- December 13 to 27: Peppers (start seeds indoors)
- December 19: Tomatoes, peppers, squash, melons, cucumbers (watch the forecast)
- December 20 to January 3: Tomatoes (start seeds indoors)
- December 27 to January 10: Peas, spinach, lettuce, radishes, onion sets, turnips (sow outdoors)
- December 27 to January 10: Broccoli and cabbage (plant out)
Dates from NOAA's 1991 to 2020 climate normals for Palm Coast 6 NE (station USC00086767), 7 miles from the center of Palm Coast. 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/florida/palm-coast/