Planting planner: Bangor, Maine
Typical last spring frost May 4 (1 spring in 10 later than May 17). Typical first fall frost October 4 (1 fall in 10 earlier than September 23). Growing season about 152 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 16 to March 16: Broccoli and cabbage (start seeds indoors)
March
- March 2 to 30: Cauliflower (start seeds indoors)
- March 16 to April 6: Eggplant (start seeds indoors)
- March 23 to April 6: Peppers (start seeds indoors)
- March 30 to April 13: Tomatoes (start seeds indoors)
April
- April 6 to 20: Peas, spinach, lettuce, radishes, onion sets, turnips (sow outdoors)
- April 6 to 20: Broccoli and cabbage (plant out)
- April 20 to May 4: Beets, carrots, potatoes, Swiss chard (plant outdoors)
- April 20 to May 4: Cauliflower (plant out)
May
- May 4: Snap beans, sweet corn, cucumbers, summer squash (sow outdoors)
- May 18: Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant (plant out)
- May 18: Melons, winter squash, pumpkins, lima beans (sow outdoors)
- May 29 to June 12: Broccoli for fall (start seeds)
June
Nothing to start this month.
July
- July 8: Snap beans for fall (last date to sow)
- July 12: Carrots for fall (last date to sow)
- July 13: Cucumbers for fall (last date to sow)
- July 17: Peas for fall (last date to sow)
- July 18: Summer squash for fall (last date to sow)
- July 22: Leaf lettuce and beets for fall (last date to sow)
August
- August 1: Turnips and kohlrabi for fall (last date to sow)
- August 11: Spinach for fall (last date to sow)
- August 21: Radishes for fall (last date to sow)
September
- September 23: Tomatoes, peppers, squash, melons, cucumbers (watch the forecast)
October
- October 24 to 31: 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 Bangor International Airport (station USW00014606), 3 miles from the center of Bangor. 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/maine/bangor/