Planting Calendar

March 2023 Planting Calendar

1st – 2nd

Excellent for sowing seedbeds and flower gardens. Best planting days for aboveground crops, especially peas, beans, cucumbers, and squash where climate permits.

3rd – 7th

A most barren period, best for killing plant pests or doing chores around the farm.

10th – 12th

Start seedbeds. Good days for transplanting. Excellent time for planting root crops that can be planted now. Also good for leafy vegetables.

13th – 14th

Barren days, do no planting. Second day is a good harvest day.

15th – 16th

Any root crops that can be planted now will do well.

17th – 18th

A barren period, best suited for killing plant pests. Do plowing and cultivating. Good harvest days.

19th – 20th

Good for planting cucumbers, melons, pumpkins, and other vine crops. Set strawberry plants. Good days for transplanting. Favorable days for planting beets, carrots, radishes, salsify, turnips, peanuts, and other root crops.

21st – 22nd

Cultivate and spray, do general farm work, but no planting.

23rd – 24th

Favorable for planting crops bearing yield above the ground.

25th – 27th

Seeds planted now tend to rot in ground.

28th – 29th

Excellent for sowing seedbeds and flower gardens. Best planting days for aboveground crops, especially peas, beans, cucumbers, and squash where climate permits.

30th – 31st

A most barren period, best for killing plant pests or doing chores around the farm.

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Upcoming Months

April 2023 Planting Calendar

1st – 3rd

Grub out weeds, briars, and other plant pests.

4th – 6th

A favorable time for sowing grains, hay, and fodder crops. Plant flowers. First two days are when to plant corn, melons, squash, tomatoes, and other aboveground crops. Last day is a favorable day for planting root crops.

7th – 8th

Start seedbeds. Good days for transplanting. Good days for planting beets, carrots, radishes, turnips, peanuts, and other root crops. Also good for leafy vegetables.

9th – 10th

Neither plant nor sow on these barren days.

11th – 12th

Favorable days for planting beets, carrots, turnips, radishes, onions, and other root crops.

Past Months

February 2023 Planting Calendar

1st – 3rd

Plant seedbeds and flower gardens. Fine for planting beans, tomatoes, corn, cotton, cucumbers, peppers, melons, and other aboveground crops where climate allows.

4th – 8th

Clear ground, turn sod, kill plant pests.

9th – 10th

Fine for sowing grains, hay, and forage crops. Plant flowers. Favorable days for planting root crops.

11th – 12th

Start seedbeds. Good days for transplanting. Plant carrots, turnips, onions, beets, Irish potatoes, and other root crops in the South. Lettuce and other leafy vegetables will do well.

13th – 14th

Poor planting days. Good harvest days.

15th – 17th

Any root crops that can be planted now will do well.

18th

Barren day. Fine for clearing, plowing, fertilizing, and killing plant pests. Good harvest day.

19th – 21st

Extra good for cucumbers, peas, cantaloupes, and other vine crops. Set strawberry plants. First day is a good day for transplanting. First day is also favorable for onions, carrots, sweet potatoes, beets, and other root crops where climate permits. Last two days are when to plant peppers, sweet corn, tomatoes, and other aboveground crops in southern Florida, California, and Texas.

22nd – 23rd

Seeds planted now will grow poorly and yield little.

24th – 25th

Fine for planting beans, peppers, cucumbers, melons, and other aboveground crops where climate is suitable.

26th – 27th

Any seed planted now will tend to rot.

28th

Plant seedbeds and flower gardens. Fine for planting beans, tomatoes, corn, cotton, cucumbers, peppers, melons, and other aboveground crops where climate allows.

January 2023 Planting Calendar

17th – 18th

Do no planting. Good harvest days.

19th – 20th

Good planting days for root crops where climate permits.

21st – 22nd

A good time to kill plant pests or do plowing. Poor for planting.

23rd – 24th

Extra good for peppers, tomatoes, peas and other vine crops. Fine for planting any aboveground crop where the climate permits.

25th – 26th

Barren days, do no planting.

27th – 29th

Fine for planting beans, peppers, cucumbers, melons, and other aboveground crops where climate is suitable.

30th – 31st

Poor days for planting, seeds tend to rot in ground.

December 2022 Planting Calendar

1st – 3rd

A barren period.

4th – 5th

Fine for planting beans, peppers, cucumbers, melons, and other aboveground crops where climate is suitable.

6th – 8th

Seeds planted now tend to rot in ground.

9th – 10th

Start seedbeds and flower gardens. Good days for transplanting. Most favorable days for planting beets, onions, turnips, and other root crops where climate allows.

November 2022 Planting Calendar

1st

A good time to kill plant pests or do plowing. Poor for planting.

2nd – 3rd

Extra good for vine crops. Favorable days for planting aboveground crops where climate allows.

14th – 18th

Grub out weeds, briars, and other plant pests. Last three days are good harvest days.

19th – 20th

Favorable time for sowing grains, hay, and fodder crops. Plant flowers. Favorable days for planting root crops.

21st – 22nd

Start seedbeds. Good days for transplanting. Plant carrots, beets, onions, turnips, Irish potatoes, and other root crops in the South.

23rd – 24th

Poor planting days.

25th – 26th

Good days for planting peas, squash, corn, tomatoes, and other aboveground crops in southern Florida, Texas, and California.

27th – 28th

A good time to kill plant pests or do plowing. Poor for planting.

29th – 30th

Extra good for vine crops. Favorable days for planting aboveground crops where climate allows.

October 2022 Planting Calendar

4th – 5th

Poor planting days. Kill poison ivy, weeds, clear land, but no planting.

6th – 7th

Extra good for vine crops. Favorable days for planting aboveground crops where climate is suitable.

8th – 9th

Barren days, do no planting.

10th – 12th

Good days for transplanting. Good days for planting beets, carrots, onions, turnips, and other hardy root crops where climate is suitable.

13th – 14th

Poor days for planting, seeds tend to rot in ground.

15th – 17th

Start seedbeds and flower gardens. Good days for transplanting. Best planting days for fall potatoes, turnips, onions, carrots, beets, and other root crops where climate is suitable.

18th – 21st

A most barren period, best for killing plant pests or doing chores around the farm. Good harvest days.

22nd – 24th

Fine for sowing grains, hay, and forage crops. Plant flowers. Favorable days for planting root crops.

25th – 26th

Start seedbeds. Favorable days for planting aboveground crops, and leafy vegetables such as lettuce, cabbage, kale, and celery where climate is suitable.

27th – 28th

Do clearing and plowing, but no planting.

29th – 30th

Plant tomatoes, peas, beans, and other aboveground crops, indoors in the North and outdoors in lower South.

31st – 31st

Poor planting day. Kill poison ivy, weeds, clear land, but no planting.

September 2022 Planting Calendar

1st

Start seedbeds. Excellent time for planting aboveground crops that can be planted now, including leafy vegetables which will do well.

2nd – 3rd

Clear fencerows, wood lots, and fields, but do no planting.

4th – 5th

Any aboveground crops that can be planted now will do well.

6th – 8th

Poor planting days. Kill plant pests.

9th – 10th

Extra good for vine crops. First day is a favorable day for planting aboveground crops. Second day is a good day for transplanting. Second day is also a good day for planting root crops.

11th – 12th

A poor time to plant.

13th – 14th

Good days for transplanting. Good days for planting root crops.

15th – 17th

Seeds planted now tend to rot in ground. Last day is a good harvest day.

18th – 19th

Plant seedbeds and flower gardens. Good days for transplanting. Fine planting days for fall potatoes, turnips, onions, carrots, beets, and other root crops.

August 2022 Planting Calendar

19th – 20th

Any seed planted now will tend to rot. Good harvest days.

21st – 23rd

Plant seedbeds and flower gardens. Good days for transplanting. Most favorable days for planting beets, onions, turnips, and other root crops.

24th – 28th

Best for killing weeds, briars, poison ivy, and other plant pests. Clear wood lots and fencerows. First three days are good harvest days.

29th – 30th

Excellent for sowing grains, winter wheat, oats, and rye. Plant flowers. Good days for planting aboveground crops.

31st

Plant seedbeds. Plant peas, beans, tomatoes, peppers, and other aboveground crops in southern Florida, California, and Texas. Extra good for leafy vegetables.

July 2022 Planting Calendar

5th – 7th

Sow grains and forage crops. Plant flowers. Favorable for planting peas, beans, tomatoes, and other fall crops bearing aboveground.

8th – 9th

Start seedbeds. Extra good for fall cabbage, lettuce, cauliflower, mustard greens, and other leafy vegetables. Good for any aboveground crop that can be planted now.

10th – 11th

Barren days, neither plant nor sow.

12th – 13th

First day is when any aboveground crops that can be planted now will do well. Second day is a good day for planting beets, carrots, salsify, Irish potatoes, and other root crops.

14th – 15th

Good days for killing weeds, briars, and other plant pests. Poor for planting.

16th – 17th

Set strawberry plants. Good days for transplanting. Good days for planting beets, carrots, radishes, salsify, turnips, peanuts, and other root crops. Also good for vine crops.

18th – 19th

A barren period.

20th – 22nd

Good days for transplanting. Root crops that can be planted now will yield well.

23rd – 24th

Poor days for planting, seeds tend to rot in ground. Good harvest days.

25th – 27th

Plant seedbeds and flower gardens. Good days for transplanting. Most fruitful days for planting root crops.

28th – 31st

A most barren period. Kill plant pests and do general farm work.

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