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When should you
sow and plant?

A personal planting calendar
based on your garden's weather statistics.

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Choose from thousands of plants and varieties.

Personal calendar

Your garden is unique

Create your own planting calendar. Adapted to your plants and your location's local weather statistics.

My garden Planting Calendar
Plants (7)
Plant Sow indoors Transplant Direct sow
Cucumber Cucumis sativus Fleece 6 – 13 May 3-4 wk 3 Jun 10° Air
Potato Solanum tuberosum 8 – 22 Mar 4-6 wk 19 Apr 7° Soil 19 Apr 7° Soil
Zinnia Zinnia elegans 22 Apr – 6 May 4-6 wk 3 Jun 8° Air
Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus 22 Apr – 6 May 4-6 wk 3 Jun 8° Air 21 May 12° Soil
Beetroot Beta vulgaris (Conditiva Group) 14 – 21 Apr 3-4 wk 12 May 5° Air 27 Apr 8° Soil
Lettuce Lactuca sativa Weather: Earlier planting 1 – 8 Mar 3-4 wk 21 Mar 29 Mar -1° Air 10 Apr 5° Soil
Tomato 'Sungold' Solanum lycopersicum 8 – 22 Apr 6-8 wk 3 Jun 8° Air

Data for your location

Weather statistics based on 20 years of data for your garden's exact position.

Air and soil temperature

Using air and soil temperature statistics, we calculate the optimal time for transplanting and sowing.

Adjusted by forecast

Early spring warmth or cold snap in the forecast? The calendar adjusts dates based on the latest weather forecast.

Customise your growing

Set growing conditions per plant and dates adjust for greenhouse, fleece or open ground.

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Growing season

See your garden's growing season

Frost and daylight determine the length of your location's growing season.

Malmö Growing season
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Daylight
10+ h
24 Feb 17 Oct
235 d
Frost-free
10% 27 Mar 21 Nov 90%
239 d
Effective
27 Mar 17 Oct
204 d

The growing season in Malmö is approximately 204 days and is limited by both frost and daylight.

Frost statistics

Detailed frost statistics for your location

Statistics for the last spring frost and first autumn frost based on 20 years of weather data.

Last spring frost

Frost-free probabilityFrost-free prob. Date Grower's risk level Explanation
10% 18 Mar Higher risk of frost Frost 9 out of 10 years after this date
50% 27 Mar Normal risk Frost every other year after this date
90% 11 Apr Lower risk of frost Frost 1 out of 10 years after this date

First autumn frost

Frost probabilityFrost prob. Date Grower's risk level Explanation
10% 29 Oct Lower risk of frost Frost 1 out of 10 years on or before this date
50% 21 Nov Normal risk Frost every other year on or before this date
90% 18 Dec Higher risk of frost Frost 9 out of 10 years on or before this date
Weather statistics based on 20 years of data
Thousands of plants and varieties
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