How long until I can pick it?

Days to harvest for the 46 vegetable varieties we grow, quickest first within each crop. Set the day you plant and each bar shows when your first harvest should come, and whether it beats our average first fall frost (around October 1).

Ripe red, orange and green tomatoes on the vine beside a basket of tomatoes, zucchini, cucumber and red peppers in a sunny raised-bed garden

I’m planting on Most of our veggies go out late May

Ready before frostCutting it close: plant earlier or pick a quicker varietyAverage first frostBars = days from planting

Days are the seed companies’ own “days to maturity.” For tomatoes, peppers and the cabbage family they count from the day you set the plant out. For squash, cucumbers, melons, beans and greens they count from seeding, so our transplants usually finish a little sooner. A cool or cloudy summer adds days. See also the seed-starting calendar and when to plant tomatoes.