Choose your crop

Ohio planting guides

Plan fall garlic planting or spring tomato transplants. Choose a crop for its regional timing and planting instructions.

What are you planting?

Tomatoes

Spring · Central Ohio reference: May 20 or later.Compare southern and northern Ohio timing, then check frost and soil conditions.

Garlic

Fall · Plant cloves before the ground freezes.Summit County: Halloween to Thanksgiving; check local ground conditions.

Check your local conditions

Open the crop guide before choosing a date. A spring tomato reference is not a garlic calendar, and a Summit County garlic window is not an exact deadline for every Ohio garden.

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