US planting calendar
What can you plant in December? It depends on where you garden: December in Minnesota and December in Florida are different seasons. Enter your ZIP code for your exact place, or read the lists below for the five US climate regions.
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In December, central Minnesota averages 19 °F (-7.1 °C) with about 30 frost nights. Nothing is due outside this month.
In December, central Ohio averages 34 °F (0.9 °C) with about 22 frost nights. Nothing is due outside this month.
In December, middle Georgia averages 51 °F (10.5 °C) with about 4 frost nights. 1 crop can go in the ground now; the strongest fits are Dill.
In December, central Florida averages 64 °F (17.7 °C) with no frost. No planting window opens outside this month, so this is the month to start seeds indoors.
In December, Phoenix, Arizona averages 53 °F (11.9 °C) with about 2 frost nights. Nothing is due outside this month.
It depends on your climate. In central Minnesota nothing is planted this month. In central Ohio nothing is planted this month. In middle Georgia (zone 8): Dill. In central Florida nothing goes outside yet; start Basil and Eggplant indoors. In Phoenix, Arizona nothing is planted this month. Enter your ZIP code in the tool on this page for your exact place.
In central Minnesota nothing is planted this month. In central Ohio nothing is planted this month.
In middle Georgia (zone 8): Dill. In central Florida nothing goes outside yet; start Basil and Eggplant indoors. In Phoenix, Arizona nothing is planted this month.
Each region is read at one reference place using 30 years of ERA5-Land climate. For every crop, our season model (the one the AgriAuditor field audit uses) finds the month its sowing window opens there. We checked it against eight state extension planting calendars: 93% of crops fell within a month of the published window.
