Planting planner: Fargo, North Dakota
Typical last spring frost May 10 (1 spring in 10 later than May 23). Typical first fall frost September 30 (1 fall in 10 earlier than September 18). Growing season about 143 days.
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Your season is too short for a separate fall planting of cabbage and broccoli: 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 22 to March 22: Broccoli and cabbage (start seeds indoors)
March
- March 8 to April 5: Cauliflower (start seeds indoors)
- March 22 to April 12: Eggplant (start seeds indoors)
- March 29 to April 12: Peppers (start seeds indoors)
April
- April 5 to 19: Tomatoes (start seeds indoors)
- April 12 to 26: Peas, spinach, lettuce, radishes, onion sets, turnips (sow outdoors)
- April 12 to 26: Broccoli and cabbage (plant out)
- April 26 to May 10: Beets, carrots, potatoes, Swiss chard (plant outdoors)
- April 26 to May 10: Cauliflower (plant out)
May
- May 10: Snap beans, sweet corn, cucumbers, summer squash (sow outdoors)
- May 24: Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant (plant out)
- May 24: Melons, winter squash, pumpkins, lima beans (sow outdoors)
June
Nothing to start this month.
July
- July 4: Snap beans for fall (last date to sow)
- July 8: Carrots for fall (last date to sow)
- July 9: Cucumbers for fall (last date to sow)
- July 13: Peas for fall (last date to sow)
- July 14: Summer squash for fall (last date to sow)
- July 18: Leaf lettuce and beets for fall (last date to sow)
- July 28: Turnips and kohlrabi for fall (last date to sow)
August
- August 7: Spinach for fall (last date to sow)
- August 17: Radishes for fall (last date to sow)
September
- September 18: Tomatoes, peppers, squash, melons, cucumbers (watch the forecast)
October
- October 17 to 24: 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 Fargo Hector International Airport (station USW00014914), 4 miles from the center of Fargo. 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/north-dakota/fargo/