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🌲 Temperate Planting Calendar
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❄️ Cold Planting Calendar
Planting Calendar FAQs
Why do planting calendars vary so much between zones?
Frost dates, rainfall patterns, day length, and temperature ranges differ dramatically between climate zones. A tomato planted outdoors in March thrives in subtropical Queensland but would be killed by frost in Canada. Effective planting calendars are always zone-specific — generic calendars are often misleading.
How do I know which climate zone I'm in?
TerraForge uses five zones: Temperate (four seasons, mild winters — UK, Pacific Northwest, New Zealand), Arid (hot dry summers, mild winters — SW USA, Mediterranean, outback Australia), Subtropical (wet/dry seasons, frost-rare — SE USA, coastal Queensland), Tropical (year-round heat and high rainfall — Hawaii, Far North Queensland, SE Asia), and Cold (short growing season, hard winters — Canada, Scandinavia, highland regions).
When should I start seeds indoors vs. direct sow?
Slow-growing crops that need a long season — tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, celery — should be started indoors 6–10 weeks before the last frost date. Fast-growing crops with sensitive roots — beans, corn, carrots, beetroot — are best direct-sown after the last frost. TerraForge's calendar specifies the method for each crop in your zone.
What is the most important thing to plant first on a homestead?
Perennials first, always. Fruit trees, food forest trees, and berry bushes should go in as early as possible because they take the longest to produce. Every year you delay planting a fruit tree is a year of lost harvest in year 5, 6, and 7. Annual vegetables can be planted any season — but that apple tree needs to go in now.
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