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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