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When to Plant Carrots in Ohio

For carrots in Ohio, spring planting starts between Mar 18 (Lawrence County) and Apr 1 (Allen County), according to Ohio State University Extension.

Photo: Rows of carrots growing between rye windbreak strips in a farm field. Photo by Fred Gasper, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Rolling pasture valley and wooded hills in Salem Township, Jefferson County

More planting dates for Ohio

Planting dates for each crop in Ohio, from the Ohio State University Extension calendar.

Tomatoes

Peppers

Potatoes

Sweet Corn

Green Beans

Cucumbers

Squash

Lettuce

Planting carrots in Ohio: questions

When do you plant carrots in Ohio?

For carrots in Ohio, spring planting starts between Mar 18 (Lawrence County) and Apr 1 (Allen County), according to Ohio State University Extension.

Can I plant carrots in the fall in Ohio?

The Ohio State University Extension calendar used here lists no fall window for carrots.

Do I need to wait for the last frost to plant carrots?

Frost dates vary by weeks across Ohio; the Ohio frost dates page lists them by county.

Where do these dates for carrots come from?

Ohio Gardening Calendar.

Do I use different dates in my county?

The publication adjusts spring dates by zone; fall dates are the same statewide.

Photos: Rows of carrots growing between rye windbreak strips in a farm field: Photo by Fred Gasper, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Wide flat green fields southwest of Kalida, Putnam County: Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Rolling pasture valley and wooded hills in Salem Township, Jefferson County: Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Staked tomato plant in a straw-mulched kitchen garden with green and ripening red tomatoes: NPS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Pepper plant in a kitchen garden loaded with green, yellow and red peppers: NPS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Long neat rows of green potato plants stretching across a farm field: Malcolm Neal, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Tall corn plants with golden tassels against a summer sky in a field: inkknife_2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Clusters of long green bean pods hanging from a climbing bean vine: Nirajan_pant, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Cucumber plants growing in a greenhouse bed: HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Harvested zucchini and summer squash: nociveglia from Appennino Emiliano, Italy, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Green and red leaf lettuce heads growing along drip lines in a garden bed: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 US, via Wikimedia Commons.