Author: Allen Straw, Extension Horticulturist, Southwest Virginia Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Publication Number 426-331, Revised December 2006
The Planting Area Map can be used to determine the average date of last killing frost in your area. Actual dates will vary due to local conditions and yearly temperature fluctuations. You can use the average date of the last killing frost in the spring to adapt the Recommended Planting Dates Chart to your particular area.
Go to Planting Dates Chart
Go to Vegetable Planting Guide for recommendations on amounts to plant.
Return to the Vegetable Planting Guide and Recommended Planting Dates home page.
This publication was originally authored by Diane Relf, Extension horticulturist (retired), and Alan McDaniel, associate professor, Department of Horticulture, Virginia Tech.
