Start every seed in its week
Counted back from your last frost. A printable seed starting schedule: a page for each week from −10 to frost week, tray maps, and a log for every tray.
$735 pages, US Letter and A4
One 10.2 MB zip. Or all three kits for $14, 3 for the price of 2.
- 108 NOAA frost stations
- 22 crops to start indoors
- A page for each week, −10 to 0
Six of the 35 pages
As they print on US Letter. The A4 file holds the same pages.
All 35 pages, $7
Every page, in order
Set up
- 1Cover
- 2How to use this kit
- 3Your countdown dates, weeks −14 to +3
- 4-6Frost dates for 108 NOAA stations across the US
- 7Indoor-start chart, 22 crops
- 8Germination reference
- 9Setup checklist and capacity check
- 10Seed inventory
- 11Germination test
The countdown
- 12Section opener, painted plate
- 13Early starts, weeks −14 to −11
- 14-24One page for each week, from −10 to frost week
- 25After the frost, weeks +1 to +3
Trays and logs
- 26-28Tray maps: 72 cells, 50 cells or soil blocks, 128 cells
- 29Seedling log
Out the door
- 30Section opener and first-week-out order
- 31Hardening-off schedule, 14 days
- 32Transplant day log
- 33Trouble log: damping-off and leggy seedlings
- 34Next year: earlier or later
- 35Sources
How you use it
- Find your last frost date, or a NOAA station on pages 4 to 6, and write it on page 3. Date every week from −14 to +3.
- Each week, open that week's page, tick what you sowed and log the trays.
- Harden seedlings off over 14 days with page 31, then log transplant day on page 32.
Every page above, one download, $7
What we checked in the file
Print it again every year. $7
Questions
Which growing zone do I need?
None. The kits don't use zones. They count from your average last frost date in spring. If you don't know yours, pages 4 to 6 of every kit list 108 NOAA weather stations across the US, each with an early, a middle and a late last-frost date. Frost-free areas such as coastal Southern California, south Florida and lowland Hawaii have no last-frost week; there the kits point you to your county planting calendar.
What paper size do I print on?
Each kit has two PDFs: US Letter and A4. Print at 100% (actual size) so the bed grids keep their scale of one inch to one foot.
How do the files arrive?
Payment is processed by Stripe. After payment you get an email with a download link. Each kit is one zip file with its two PDFs; the bundle is one zip with all six. Download your files promptly after payment. If you have trouble, write to hello@gardenpdf.com and we will help.
Can I print it again next year?
Yes. The pages carry no year, and you may print as many copies as you need for your own garden and household, in any year. Please don't share, resell or upload the files.
What if it isn't what I wanted?
Email hello@gardenpdf.com within 14 days of your purchase and we refund the full price to the card or account you paid with. You don't need to give a reason.
I garden where it hardly ever freezes. Will this work?
Probably not. In frost-free places such as coastal Southern California, South Florida and lowland Hawaii there is no frost date to count from. The kits say so on the first pages and point you to your county extension planting calendar instead.
Want all three kits? The bundle is $14 instead of $21. Also see The Winter Plan and The Season Record.
Full refund within 14 days, no reason needed. $7
The Seed-Starting Countdown
$7