Scottish growing tool

Planting Calendar

Choose your region and up to eight crops, and build a 12-month calendar of when to sow, plant out and harvest — then print it for the shed wall. Sow and plant-out dates are worked out from your region's real last frost.

For precise sow and plant-out dates. Leave blank for a general UK guide.

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CropJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
PotatoesRegional
TomatoesRegional
Sow
RHS advises sowing late Feb-mid Mar for greenhouse crops, late Mar-early Apr for outdoor. Expressed here as an offset so dates track each region's real last frost rather than a hardcoded month. Transplant only once nights are reliably above 10C, which in Scotland trails last frost by roughly 2 weeks.
CarrotsUK guide
Exact sowing months depend on variety and conditions — RHS wording shown below rather than a guessed band.
Sow
February-March for early varieties under protection; April-July main season. Sow small batches regularly from early spring.
KaleUK guide
Exact sowing months depend on variety and conditions — RHS wording shown below rather than a guessed band.
Sow
March to June outdoors; indoors from March
Harvest
September onwards, through winter into spring
Sow indoors / start Plant out / sow outdoors Main season / harvest

Next steps

Related toolCheck your exact frost dates → Frost Date CalculatorThe calendar's sow and plant-out dates come straight from these.Growing guidesFull growing guides → Browse VegetablesMonth-by-month sowing detail, varieties and Scottish notes for every crop.