Dibble
For home gardeners

Know exactly when to plant, in your zone.

Dibble turns your ZIP code into a planting calendar for every crop: when to start seeds, sow, transplant, and harvest, with reminders at the right time.

Free to download · No account needed · Works in your USDA, Canadian, or Australian zone

One calm app

Everything you need to plan the season

A calendar for your zone

Dated tasks for every crop, based on your local frost dates.

Reminders on time

Start, transplant, and harvest nudges, scheduled on your device.

A real crop library

Dozens of vegetables, fruit, herbs, and flowers with how-to notes.

Private by design

No account, no ads, no tracking. It syncs through your iCloud.

How it works

Set up in under a minute

1

Enter your ZIP code

Dibble finds your hardiness zone and frost dates.

2

Pick what to grow

Choose your crops and Dibble dates every task.

3

Plant on time

Follow your calendar and get reminders all season.

Your calendar

Dated tasks, not vague advice

Every crop gets real start, sow, transplant, and harvest dates, worked out from your zone's frost dates. No more guessing whether it is too early for tomatoes.

See a sample calendar by zone

This week in your garden
Start tomatoes indoors
Apr 2
Sow carrots
Apr 16
Transplant basil
May 14
Bed planner

Map every bed, square by square

Lay out raised beds and in-ground rows on a square-foot grid. Drag a crop into a square and Dibble keeps the spacing honest, so you plant the right amount for the space you have.

Read the raised bed guide

Raised bed · 4 ft x 4 ft
Frost and weather

Never get caught by a cold night

Turn on alerts and Dibble warns you before a frost or heavy rain, using your local forecast, so you can cover the tender plants before it is too late.

Learn how frost dates work

Reminders, on your schedule
Frost expected tonight
Low near 30°F. Cover tender plants.
Time to sow peas
Your window opens this week.
Goes deeper

More for serious gardeners

Bed layout planner

Drag crops into a square-foot grid and map every bed.

Multiple gardens

Track a front yard, a community plot, and a greenhouse at once.

Succession and rotation

Stagger sowings and keep families moving between beds.

Harvest and yield tracking

Log what you pick, by weight or count, all season.

Seed inventory

Know what seeds you have, with a packet scanner that reads the label.

Varieties and labels

Name each cultivar and set a custom days-to-maturity.

Perennials and fruit trees

Follow trees, berries, and herbs across many years.

See all features

Built on real data

Your zone, your plants, your pace

The same planting engine that runs in the app powers this site, so the dates you read here match what you get.

78crops with how-to notes
9hardiness zones
3languages

When to plant

See all crops

Tomato

When to plant

Pepper

When to plant

Potato

When to plant

Garlic

When to plant

Lettuce

When to plant

Carrot

When to plant

Bean (bush)

When to plant

Cucumber

When to plant

Kale

When to plant

Basil

When to plant

Sunflower

When to plant

Strawberry

When to plant

Planting calendars by zone

All zones

Zone 3

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Zone 4

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Zone 5

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Zone 6

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Zone 7

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Zone 8

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Zone 9

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Zone 10

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Zone 11

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Guides to grow by

All guides

How to Start a Vegetable Garden: A Beginner's Guide

Everything a first-year gardener needs to go from bare soil to a first harvest, in plain steps.

USDA Hardiness Zones: How to Find Yours and Use It

Find your zone, understand what it means, and turn it into planting dates.

First and Last Frost Dates, Explained

The two dates that anchor your whole season, and how to use them.


Plant at the right time this season

Dibble builds your calendar in under a minute. Free to start, no account needed.

Dates are estimates based on hardiness zones and typical frost dates. Your yard has its own microclimate, so use them as a starting point and adjust as you learn your space.