Regional guide
Kansas Expected Planting Calendar Vegetable Garden
A K-State Research and Extension guide for Kansas planting windows, crop temperatures, frost resistance, spacing, and harvest timing.
Climate signals
- K-State Research and Extension's Vegetable Garden Planting Guide says all planting windows are approximate.
- The guide says Kansas planting windows may need to be adjusted earlier or later depending on the weather each season, varieties chosen, preferred harvest quality, and location in Kansas.
- The average expected planting calendar separates the primary expected planting window for most of Kansas from the marginal possible planting window depending on conditions.
- For indoor seed starting, K-State says to allow 4-8 weeks indoors before transplanting outside.
Planning notes
- Use crop-specific table rows for timing and risk: beans are seeded, need 50-60 days to first harvest, germinate best at 70-85F, and are Tender.
- Beets are seeded, need 50-65 days to first harvest, germinate best at 50-60F, and are Half-Hardy.
- Broccoli is a transplant crop, needs 60-80 days to first harvest after transplant timing, and is Hardy.
- Cucumbers can be seed or transplant crops, need 45-65 days to first harvest, germinate best at 75-85F, and are Very Tender.
- Sweet corn is seeded, needs 68-90 days to first harvest, germinates best at 70-80F, and is Tender.
- Tomatoes are transplant crops, need 52-120 days to first harvest after transplant timing, germinate best at 75-85F indoors, and are Tender.
- Watermelon can be seed or transplant crop, needs 65-90 days to first harvest, germinates best at 80-90F, and is Very Tender.
Catalog crop examples
These catalog entries match crops covered by the regional timing source; variety-specific details remain tied to each seed entry's own source.
- Provider Bush Bean Vegetable · Warm · 50 days
- Detroit Dark Red Beet Vegetable · Cool · 58 days
- White Stem Bok Choy Vegetable · Cool · 45 days
- Waltham 29 Broccoli Vegetable · Cool · 74 days
- Long Island Improved Brussels Sprouts Vegetable · Cool · 100 days
- Golden Acre Cabbage Vegetable · Cool · 64 days
- Danvers 126 Carrot Vegetable · Shoulder · 70 days
- Snowball Y Cauliflower Vegetable · Cool · 70 days
- Tall Utah Celery Vegetable · Cool · 110 days
- Bright Lights Swiss Chard Vegetable · Shoulder · 55 days
- Georgia Southern Collards Vegetable · Cool · 65 days
- Golden Bantam Sweet Corn Vegetable · Warm · 80 days
- Marketmore 76 Cucumber Vegetable · Warm · 58 days
- Black Beauty Eggplant Vegetable · Warm · 80 days
- Florence Fennel Herb · Warm · 80 days
- Lacinato Kale Vegetable · Cool · 60 days
- Early White Vienna Kohlrabi Vegetable · Cool · 55 days
- American Flag Leek Vegetable · Cool · 120 days
- Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce Vegetable · Cool · 45 days
- Hale's Best Jumbo Melon Vegetable · Warm · 85 days
- Southern Giant Curled Mustard Vegetable · Cool · 45 days
- Clemson Spineless Okra Vegetable · Warm · 56 days
- Evergreen Bunching Onion Vegetable · Shoulder · 65 days
- Hollow Crown Parsnip Vegetable · Cool · 120 days
- Sugar Snap Pea Vegetable · Cool · 62 days
- California Wonder Pepper Vegetable · Warm · 72 days
- Small Sugar Pumpkin Vegetable · Warm · 100 days
- French Breakfast Radish Vegetable · Cool · 28 days
- American Purple Top Rutabaga Vegetable · Cool · 90 days
- Bloomsdale Spinach Vegetable · Cool · 42 days
- Delicata Winter Squash Vegetable · Warm · 100 days
- Waltham Butternut Squash Vegetable · Warm · 95 days
- Toma Verde Tomatillo Vegetable · Warm · 70 days
- Roma Tomato Vegetable · Warm · 76 days
- Purple Top White Globe Turnip Vegetable · Cool · 55 days
- Sugar Baby Watermelon Vegetable · Warm · 80 days
Related regional guides
- Ohio Central Normal-Season Vegetable Garden OSU Extension central Ohio guide for normal-season direct-seeded rows, transplants, timing shifts, succession, and fall crops.
- Indiana Frost and Soil Temperature Vegetable Garden A Purdue Extension guide for Indiana frost-relative planting, soil-temperature thresholds, hardiness groups, fall timing, and succession planning.
- Iowa Planting and Harvest Timing Vegetable Garden An Iowa State Extension guide for Iowa vegetable planting schedules, harvest timing, staggered chart use, and April-October planning.
- Kentucky Three-Region Vegetable Garden A University of Kentucky guide for Western, Central, and Eastern Kentucky vegetable planting dates, methods, and safe planting windows.
Source: K-State Research and Extension Vegetable Garden Planting Guide