GreenlyWhat to plant in May
What is sown for seedlings, planted in a greenhouse and planted outside in May depends on when your last spring frost is. Find your climate below — or open your city.
Late spring: last frost in late April or May
Dates for Saint Petersburg; other cities of this climate:
| Crop | What to do | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Cucumber | sow seedlings for the open ground | 6 May |
| Physalis | plant out in a greenhouse | 7 May |
| Pumpkin | plant out in a greenhouse | 7 May |
| Tomato | plant out in a greenhouse | 7 May |
| Zucchini | plant out in a greenhouse | 7 May |
| Watermelon | sow seedlings for the open ground | 16 May |
| Corn | sow in the open ground | 18 May |
| Green Beans | plant out in the open ground | 18 May |
| Sweet Corn | sow in the open ground | 18 May |
| Bell Pepper | plant out in a greenhouse | 27 May |
| Cucumber | plant out in a greenhouse | 27 May |
| Eggplant | plant out in a greenhouse | 27 May |
| Melon | plant out in a greenhouse | 27 May |
| Watermelon | plant out in a greenhouse | 27 May |
| Physalis | plant out in the open ground | 28 May |
| Pumpkin | plant out in the open ground | 28 May |
| Tomato | plant out in the open ground | 28 May |
| Zucchini | plant out in the open ground | 28 May |
| Chili Pepper | plant out in a greenhouse | 29 May |
Moderate: last frost in April
Dates for Lviv; other cities of this climate:
- Lviv
- Kyiv
- Poltava
- Uzhhorod
- Valladolid
- Dublin
- Warsaw
- Almaty
- Chernihiv
- Berlin
- Vinnytsia
- Riga
- Burgos
- Chicago
- Samara
- Prague
- Kharkiv
- Ivano-Frankivsk
- Voronezh
- Manchester
| Crop | What to do | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Physalis | plant out in a greenhouse | 2 May |
| Pumpkin | plant out in a greenhouse | 2 May |
| Tomato | plant out in a greenhouse | 2 May |
| Zucchini | plant out in a greenhouse | 2 May |
| Watermelon | sow seedlings for the open ground | 6 May |
| Bell Pepper | plant out in a greenhouse | 17 May |
| Cucumber | plant out in a greenhouse | 17 May |
| Eggplant | plant out in a greenhouse | 17 May |
| Melon | plant out in a greenhouse | 17 May |
| Watermelon | plant out in a greenhouse | 17 May |
| Physalis | plant out in the open ground | 23 May |
| Pumpkin | plant out in the open ground | 23 May |
| Tomato | plant out in the open ground | 23 May |
| Zucchini | plant out in the open ground | 23 May |
Mild: last frost in March
Dates for Granada; other cities of this climate:
| Crop | What to do | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Bell Pepper | plant out in a greenhouse | 10 May |
| Cucumber | plant out in a greenhouse | 10 May |
| Eggplant | plant out in a greenhouse | 10 May |
| Melon | plant out in a greenhouse | 10 May |
| Watermelon | plant out in a greenhouse | 10 May |
| Physalis | plant out in the open ground | 13 May |
| Pumpkin | plant out in the open ground | 13 May |
| Tomato | plant out in the open ground | 13 May |
| Zucchini | plant out in the open ground | 13 May |
| Chili Pepper | plant out in a greenhouse | 15 May |
| Bell Pepper | plant out in the open ground | 31 May |
| Cucumber | plant out in the open ground | 31 May |
| Eggplant | plant out in the open ground | 31 May |
| Melon | plant out in the open ground | 31 May |
| Watermelon | plant out in the open ground | 31 May |
Warm winter: frost only now and then
Dates for Seville; other cities of this climate:
Nothing is sown or planted out in this climate this month; the season starts in October.
Southern hemisphere: spring from September
Dates for Córdoba; other cities of this climate:
Dates are for the typical city of each climate by the same rules as the app: a week after the last frost once the soil is warm enough, frost-hardy crops three weeks before it, an unheated greenhouse three weeks earlier. Your own place can differ by a week or two — Greenly works it out from your location.