Grower Resources
Lawrence (66044):
Risk of frost: Oct 15th through Apr 15th.
Frost for sure from Oct 31 through Mar 31.
Growing Season: Frost-free Apr 29th through Sept 30th, 183 days.
Wichita (67202):
Risk of frost: Oct 27th through Apr 13th.
Frost for sure from Nov 14th through Mar 30th.
Main Growing Season: Frost-free Apr 27 through Oct 9th, 197 days.
Kansas City (66106):
Risk of frost: Oct 17th through Apr 15th.
Frost for sure from Nov 1 through Apr 1.
Growing Season: Frost-free Apr 28 through Sept 30, 185 days.
Crop-by-crop sowing, planting, and growing steps to get started:
Key Growing Information
Understanding yield with online tools and resources:
Vegetable Garden Planting Guide Planting per person & crop expected per 10 feet; includes average planting & harvesting windows for Kansas.
Seed Quantity Calculator
Option 1: Choose a crop, then determine the number of seeds or young plants that you need.
Option 2: Provide row length & space between seeds or plants to find the number of seeds or plants you need.
Seed Starting Date Calculator
Tells you when to start seeds indoors and then to transplant outside, based on the frost-free date
Find your local frost dates here by zip code.
Use these links to download workbook tools:
Succession-Planting Calculator Workbook (XLSX)
JOHNNY’S GROWER’S LIBRARY
(especially the ones in bold)
KANSAS STATE RESEARCH & EXTENSION
VEGETABLE GARDEN PLANTING GUIDE
KANSAS FOREST SEVICE
BUY CONSERVATION TREES FOR KANSAS HERE:
CONSERVATION TREE PLANTING PROGRAM
MIDWEST COVER CROP COUNCIL
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE