New York Vegetable Planting Calendar (Full Season)

New York spans four significant climate zones for vegetable gardening: zone 5b in the Adirondacks and Northern Tier, zone 6a–6b in the Finger Lakes and mid-Hudson Valley, zone 6b–7a in the Lower Hudson Valley and Capital Region, and zone 7a–7b on Long Island and New York.

New York spans four significant climate zones for vegetable gardening: zone 5b in the Adirondacks and Northern Tier, zone 6a–6b in the Finger Lakes and mid-Hudson Valley, zone 6b–7a in the Lower Hudson Valley and Capital Region, and zone 7a–7b on Long Island and New York City.

I garden in Melville, Long Island (zone 7a). My average last frost is April 15 and first fall frost is October 15 — giving me approximately a 183-day growing season. Gardeners in zone 5b near Buffalo or Plattsburgh have average last frost dates of May 10–15 and first fall frost in late September — a 120–130-day season. These are different gardens requiring different calendars.

Per Cornell Cooperative Extension, the frost dates for specific New York locations are available through the Cornell Climate Smart Farming tool, which uses weather station data to give location-specific averages rather than regional approximations.

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Reference Last Frost Dates (Average 50% Probability)

Per Cornell Cooperative Extension:

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