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When to plant kale by ZIP code

Kale can often use cooler soil and earlier direct-sow windows than warm-season crops. Enter a ZIP to get your exact planting date, seed-starting window, last frost date, and source signals.

Choose kale or another crop and jump to the local calendar.

New York, NY · Zone 7b Kale Mar 25 Open answer · last frost Apr 8 Atlanta, GA · Zone 8a Kale Mar 15 Open answer · last frost Mar 29 Minneapolis, MN · Zone 5a Kale Apr 26 Open answer · last frost May 10 Chicago, IL · Zone 6a Kale Apr 11 Open answer · last frost Apr 25 Dallas, TX · Zone 8b Kale Feb 26 Open answer · last frost Mar 12 Denver, CO · Zone 6a Kale Apr 21 Open answer · last frost May 5 Phoenix, AZ · Zone 10a Kale Jan 22 Open answer · last frost Feb 5 Seattle, WA · Zone 9a Kale Mar 6 Open answer · last frost Mar 20