Know what to plant
without decoding charts.
Start with your place. We pull live weather, soil warmth, and local alert context where available to show what can go in now, what should wait, and which crops deserve an indoor head start.
Set your growing place
Use your current location, or search for a city, region, or postal code.
Working principle
No hardiness zones. No frost charts. Just place-based timing for everyday vegetable growers.
Start here
Set one location and the whole page recalibrates around it.
Read faster
The first result is a simple readiness call, not a raw forecast dump.
Go crop by crop
Tap into each crop to see its specific window and next actions.
We’ll translate the next 14 days for you.
Once a location is set, this board will summarize whether your area is ready to plant, better suited to indoor starts, or in a hold-and-watch stretch.
Plant now
When weather and soil line up, the board will surface the best outdoor window first.
Start indoors
When nights are still cool, you’ll see which crops are better started under cover.
Wait or protect
Rainy beds, cold snaps, or active alerts are translated into a simple hold-or-cover call.
How this page works
One place lookup. Then the page turns into a working plan.
01 Locate
Search a city or use your device location to anchor the forecast.
02 Read
See the current window translated into a plain-English readiness call.
03 Plant
Switch crops and follow the next two weeks like a field note, not a chart.
Quick answers before you use the planner
These are the main questions people ask before they turn a location lookup into a real planting decision.
How does this planting calendar work?
Start with your location. The calendar combines live weather, soil warmth, and local alert context where available to show what can go in now, what should wait, and which crops may need an indoor head start.
Do I need a hardiness zone or frost dates?
No. GrowerBuddy is built around place-based timing, so the main flow does not ask you for a USDA hardiness zone or manual frost dates before it gives you a planting call.
What locations can I search or use?
You can use your browser location or search by city, region, or postal code. The page uses that place to anchor forecast-based planting guidance.
Does it use live weather, and does it work outside the U.S.?
Yes. The planting calendar uses live weather data and soil temperature guidance for locations in multiple countries. U.S. growers may also see stronger alert enrichment when National Weather Service data is available.