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Planting calendar / Perth Amboy, NJ

Planting calendar for Perth Amboy, NJ

Station NEW BRUNSWICK 3 SE, NJ US (USC00286055) is 8.6 miles away. Median last 32°F 04/15, median first 32°F 10/26. Crop dates below come from Rutgers NJAES. Where the guide uses weeks around a frost date, those weeks are applied to the median 32°F dates because the guide does not name a 10/50/90 level.

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Crops in the cited guide

SowBeans, Snap, bushStatewideMay–JulySowBeetsStatewideApril–JulySowBroccoliStatewideApril–May · July–AugustSowCabbageStatewideApril · JulySowCarrotsStatewideApril–JulySowChard, SwissStatewideApril–AugustSowCollardsStatewideApril–JulySowCorn, SweetStatewideMay–JuneSowCucumbersStatewideJune–JulySowEggplantStatewideMay–JuneSowKaleStatewideJuly–AugustSowLettuce, Leaf, RomaineStatewideApril–May · August–SeptemberSowOkraStatewideMay–JuneSowOnions, dryStatewideAprilSowPeasStatewideMarch–AprilSowPeppersStatewideJuneSowPumpkinsStatewideJuneSowRadishesStatewideApril–SeptemberSowSpinachStatewideApril · SeptemberSowSquash, bushStatewideJune–JulySowSquash, vineStatewideJuneSowTomatoesStatewideMay–JuneSowTurnipsStatewideApril · JulySowWatermelonsStatewideJuneSowWhite PotatoesStatewideApril

Perth Amboy, NJ

Zone 7bAverage annual extreme minimum 5°F to 10°F

Median last 32°F is April 15. Median first 32°F is October 26. The 50% growing-season length is 193 days. The green band runs from the median last frost to the median first frost. Thin ticks mark the 10%, 50%, and 90% dates.

Outside the median season Growing seasonTicks: 10%, 50%, and 90%

New Jersey. Nearest qualified station: NEW BRUNSWICK 3 SE, NJ US (USC00286055), 8.6 miles. Median last 32°F April 15. Median first 32°F October 26. The 50% growing-season length is 193 days.

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32°F probabilities at this station
10%50%90%
Last 32°F on or afterMay 1April 15April 2
First 32°F on or beforeOctober 11October 26November 8

Column order matches the NCEI file: for the last freeze, 10% is the later date and 90% is the earlier date. How to read the probabilities.

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Planting calendar

Windows below are from Rutgers NJAES, FS129: Planning a Vegetable Garden, retrieved 2026-10-10. The fact sheet gives one statewide month list. Footnote dated April 2020: Mr=March; Ap=April; Ma=May; Ju=June; Jl=July; Au=August; Se=September. Consecutive months are stored as one range; a gap, such as April and July, stays two windows.

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State crop pages: Beans, Snap, bush · Beets · Broccoli · Cabbage · Carrots · Chard, Swiss · Collards · Corn, Sweet