Know what to plant without decoding charts.
Start with your place. Live weather, soil warmth, and local alert context become one clear call on what can go in now, what should wait, and what deserves an indoor head start.
No hardiness zones. No frost charts. Place-based timing for everyday home growers.
- Live weather
- Temperatures and rain for the place you set
- Soil warmth
- Whether the ground is warm enough to root
- Alert context
- Storms and cold snaps folded into the call
Set your growing place
Use your current location, or search for a city, region, or postal code.
Set one place and the whole page turns into a plan.
Live temperatures, soil warmth, and local alert context become a single readiness call for the next two weeks.
- 01
Set the place
Your city or device location anchors the forecast. No zone inputs, no frost dates.
- 02
Read the call
The next 14 days turn into one plain call: plant now, start indoors, or wait a bit.
- 03
Work crop by crop
Pick a crop for its own window, soil check, cold risk, and day-by-day plan.
Data sourcesLive forecast and surface (0 cm) soil temperature via Open-Meteo. U.S. alerts via NOAA/NWS when available.
Updated continuously
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.
- 01How 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.
- 02Do 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.
- 03What 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.
- 04Does 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.