Western, northern, Southern Maryland, and Eastern Shore sites can shift from this Central Maryland baseline.
Regional guide
West Virginia Succession Planting Vegetable Garden
A WVU Extension guide for West Virginia succession planting, crop-month windows, cool/warm crop turnover, and staggered harvest planning.
Regional timing
Current regional planting plan
A WVU Extension guide for West Virginia succession planting, crop-month windows, cool/warm crop turnover, and staggered harvest planning.
Source-backed timing
WVU Extension Succession Planting
West Virginia
183 frost-free days
May 1 last frost
spring release
Oct 31 first frost
fall limit
- WVU Extension's Succession Planting page cites the WV Garden Calendar for West Virginia garden and open-field crop planting months.
- Succession planting in this guide starts with cool-season crops, replaces harvested rows with warm-season crops, then returns to cool-season crops in fall.
- Warm-season crops such as beans, cantaloupe, corn, eggplant, peppers, squash, tomatoes, and watermelon should be planted after the last expected frost date for your area.
- Catalog priority
- 33 priority crops 33 catalog examples
- Climate checks
- 4 climate signals 5 planning notes
- Timing basis
- Using Central Maryland dates May 1 to Oct 31
Astro Arugula, Genovese Basil, Provider Bush Bean, Detroit Dark Red Beet
Use broccoli April through July, Brussels sprouts June through July, cabbage April through July, carrots April through August, cauliflower May through July, and collards March through September.
Calendar
Convert regional timing into dated sowing, transplant, and harvest jobs.
Frost dates
Keep hardiness zone context separate from local first and last frost dates.
All regions
Compare this guide with the broader regional atlas.
Kentucky Regions
A University of Kentucky guide for Western, Central, and Eastern Kentucky vegetable planting dates, methods, and safe planting windows.
Climate signals
- WVU Extension's Succession Planting page cites the WV Garden Calendar for West Virginia garden and open-field crop planting months.
- Succession planting in this guide starts with cool-season crops, replaces harvested rows with warm-season crops, then returns to cool-season crops in fall.
- Warm-season crops such as beans, cantaloupe, corn, eggplant, peppers, squash, tomatoes, and watermelon should be planted after the last expected frost date for your area.
- Stagger plantings seven to 14 days apart when planting smaller amounts of the same crop to spread harvests.
Planning notes
- Use arugula April through September, basil May through July, snap beans May through August, and beets April through September.
- Use broccoli April through July, Brussels sprouts June through July, cabbage April through July, carrots April through August, cauliflower May through July, and collards March through September.
- Kale runs March, April, September, and October; lettuce runs April through October; peas run February through April; radishes run March through May and August through October; spinach runs January through May and August through October.
- Use summer squash May through August and winter squash June through July; sweet corn, cucumbers, peppers, and tomatoes run May through July, while watermelon runs May through June.
- Use turnips March through September; leeks March through July, green onions March through October, parsnips March through April, fennel May through July, okra May through June, and pumpkins June through July.
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.
- Astro Arugula Vegetable · Cool · 35 days
- Genovese Basil Herb · Warm · 68 days
- Provider Bush Bean Vegetable · Warm · 50 days
- Detroit Dark Red Beet Vegetable · Cool · 58 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
- 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
- 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
- Bloomsdale Spinach Vegetable · Cool · 42 days
- Delicata Winter Squash Vegetable · Warm · 100 days
- Waltham Butternut Squash Vegetable · Warm · 95 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
- Kentucky Three-Region Vegetable Garden A University of Kentucky guide for Western, Central, and Eastern Kentucky vegetable planting dates, methods, and safe planting windows.
- Virginia Hardiness Zone Vegetable Planting Guide A Virginia Cooperative Extension guide for USDA hardiness-zone vegetable planting tables, frost ranges, microclimates, row covers, and crop windows.
- Central Maryland Planting Calendar Vegetable Garden A UMD Extension Central Maryland planting-calendar guide for frost assumptions, warm-soil crops, successions, transplants, and crop windows.