When to Plant your garden in Draper, UT

Garden

When to Plant Vegetables in Draper,  UT

 

On average, your frost-free growing season starts May 27 and ends Sep 21, totaling 117 days.

For the Spring:

Your planting strategy:
Cole crops like broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage can be direct seeded into your garden around April 15, assuming the ground can be worked, but it’s better to start them indoors around March 18 and then transplant them into the garden around May 7. Do the same with lettuce and spinach.

Plant onion starts and potatoes around March 28. Sow the seeds of peas (sugar snap and English) at the same time. If the ground is still frozen, then plant these as soon as the ground thaws.

Do you want to grow tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants? Start these indoors around March 18. Then, around May 23 you should start watching the weather forecast and, as soon as no frost is forecast, go ahead and transplant those into the ground.

Now, for all the summer vegetables like beans, cowpeas, corn, squashes, pumpkins, cucumbers, watermelons, gourds and sunflowers, you should plant those seeds directly into the ground around May 27, or if your soil is still very cold, once the soil is near 60° F in temperature. Having said that, note that our area has a shorter than average growing season. Many summer vegetables need more days to mature than our area will provide. For that reason, we recommend you get a head-start by starting these summer vegetables indoors around May 7, and transplant those seedlings out after the danger of frost is past.

Okay, now here are the cold, hard numbers, along with specific plants:

Crop Sow seeds indoors Transplant seedlings into the garden Direct sow seeds
Asparagus n/a Apr 12 – Apr 27 n/a
Beans n/a n/a May 27 – Jun 24
Beets n/a n/a Apr 1 – Apr 15
Broccoli Mar 18 – Apr 1 Apr 29 – May 13 n/a
Brussel Sprouts Mar 18 – Apr 1 Apr 29 – May 13 n/a
Cabbage Mar 18 – Apr 1 Apr 29 – May 13 n/a
Cantaloupe n/a n/a May 13 – May 27
Carrots n/a n/a Apr 15 – May 13
Cauliflower Mar 18 – Apr 1 Apr 29 – May 13 n/a
Chard n/a n/a Apr 15 – Apr 29
Collards Mar 18 – Apr 1 Apr 29 – May 13 n/a
Corn n/a n/a May 27 – Jun 10
Cucumbers n/a n/a May 27 – Jun 10
Eggplants Mar 18 – Apr 1 May 27 – Jun 10 n/a
Gourds, Squash and Pumpkins n/a n/a May 27 – Jun 10
Kale Mar 18 – Apr 1 Apr 29 – May 13 n/a
Kohlrabi Mar 18 – Apr 1 Apr 29 – May 13 n/a
Lettuce Mar 18 – Apr 1 Apr 15 – May 13 Apr 15 – May 13
Mustard Mar 18 – Apr 1 Apr 29 – May 13 n/a
Okra n/a n/a May 27 – Jun 10
Onions Mar 11 – Mar 18 Mar 28 – Apr 27 n/a
Peas (English) n/a n/a Mar 28 – Apr 27
Peas (Southern) n/a n/a May 27 – Jun 24
Peas (Sugar Snap) n/a n/a Mar 28 – Apr 27
Peppers Mar 18 – Apr 1 May 27 – Jun 10 n/a
Potatoes n/a n/a Mar 28 – Apr 27
Radishes n/a n/a Apr 12 – Jun 10
Spinach Mar 18 – Apr 1 Apr 29 – May 13 Apr 12 – May 13
Sweet Potatoes n/a May 27 – Jun 17 n/a
Tomatoes Mar 18 – Apr 1 May 27 – Jun 10 n/a
Watermelon n/a n/a May 27 – Jun 10