When to Plant Vegetable Seeds
Each USDA planting zone has its own schedule for sowing seeds.
If you're new to vegetable gardening, you'll want to know that there is a right time to
sow each variety of vegetable seed. By using our zone chart as an estimate for both cool and warm
season vegetables, you'll be sure to sow or plant your seeds in the correct window of time, enabling
optimum sprouting and yield. And don't forget, the seeds you pick are also of the greatest
importance. 2B Seeds Vegetable Seeds are foil packed in our tradmarked Seal'n'Sow package which
has been specially designed to keep seeds from drying out, thus insuring much higher germination
ratio. Our tomato seeds,
squash seeds,
broccoli seeds,
bush bean seeds
and more represent the finest
vegetable seeds you will find. Many are AAS award winners, and all are famous for their flavor
and excellent production! Even if you are an old hand in the vegetable garden, we hope that our
USDA zone planting chart will be a useful tool for organizing your spring and summer vegetable
planting. Some of the vegetables are direct sow and some are sow indoors then transplant outdoors. See each items page for further information.
Cool Season Vegetables
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Zones
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Vegetable
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A1 - A3
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1,2
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3
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4,5
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6
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7
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8,9
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10
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11
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Beets
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Late May - June
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April - June
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March - July
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March - June / July - Aug
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March - June
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Feb - May / Aug - Sept
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Feb - March / Aug - Sept
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Feb - Apr / July - Aug
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Feb - Mar / Sept
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Broccoli
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Late May - June
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April - June
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April - July
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March - June / Aug - Sept
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March - August
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March - April / Aug - Sept
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Feb - March / Aug - Sept
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Feb - Mar / June - July
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Feb / Sept
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Brussels Sprouts
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Late May - June
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April - June
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April - July
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March - June / August
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May - July
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March - April / Aug
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Feb / August
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Late May - Early June
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Feb / Sept
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Cabbage
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Late May - June
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April - June
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April - July
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March - June / July - Aug
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April - June / Aug
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March - April / Aug
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Feb - March / Aug - Sept
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Feb - Mar / June - July
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Feb / Sept
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Carrots
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Late May - June
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April - June
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March - July
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March - June / Sept - Oct
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May - July
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March - May / Aug - Sept
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Feb - April / Aug - Sept
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Jan - Mar / June - Aug
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Feb - Mar / Sept
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Cauliflower
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Late May - June
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April - May
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April - July
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March - June / August
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April - July
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March - April / Aug - Sept
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Feb - March / Aug - Sept
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Feb - Mar / June - July
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Feb / Sept
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Lettuce
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Late May - June
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April - August
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Feb - August
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Feb - August
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April - August
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March - May / Aug - Sept
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Feb - March / Aug - Sept
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Dec - Mar / July - Aug
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Feb / Sept
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Onions
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Late May - June
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May - June
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Feb - April
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March - May / Aug - Oct
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March - May / Aug - Oct
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Feb - April
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Dec - Feb / Sept - Oct
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Jan - Mar / October
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Sept - Oct
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Peas
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Late May - June
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April - June
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March - June
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March - August
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March - May
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Feb - April / Aug - Oct
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Feb - March / Aug - Nov
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Jan - April
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Sept - Oct / Feb - Mar
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Radishes
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Late May - June
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April - July
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March - Sept
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March - August
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March - Sept
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Feb - April / Sept - Oct
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Feb - April / Aug - Oct
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Feb - April
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Feb - Apr / Sept - Oct
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Spinach
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Late May - June
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April - July
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Feb - March / Sept
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Feb - March / August
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April / Sept
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Feb - April / Sept - Oct
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Sept - April
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Jan - Mar / Aug - Sept
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Feb - Mar / Sept - Oct
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Warm Season Vegetables
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Zones
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Vegetable
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A1 - A3
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1,2
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3
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4,5
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6
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7
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8,9
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10
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11
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Beans
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June
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May - June
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May - June
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May - June
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May - July
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April - June
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March - Aug
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April - May / July - Aug
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March - April
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Corn
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June
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May
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May
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May
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April - June
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April - June
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March - July
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April - July
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March - April / July - Aug
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Cucumbers
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June
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May - June
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Late Apr - June
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May - June
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May - June
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April - June
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March - June
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April - June
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March - August
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Eggplant
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June
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May
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May
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May
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May
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April - June
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April - June
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April - May
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March - May
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Melons
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June
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May
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May
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May
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May
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April - May
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March - June
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April - June
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March - June
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Peppers
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June
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May
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May
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May
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May
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May - June
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April - June
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April - May
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March - April
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Summer Squash
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June
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May - June
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Late Apr - May
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May - June
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May - June
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April - July
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March - July
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April - July
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March - June
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Winter Squash
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June
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May
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Late Apr - May
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May
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May
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May - June
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April - June
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April - May
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May - June
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Tomatoes
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June
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May
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April - May
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May
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May
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April - June
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March - July
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April - May
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March - April
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