24 Vegetables to Plant in February Indoors & Outdoors

In this video I answer the question, "What vegetables can I plant in February?" with my top 24 choices for vegetables to sow in February. Whether you sow these cool season and warm season vegetables indoors or outdoors depends on when your average last frost date is for your area. I'll show you how to find your last frost date and how to use it to know when to plant your vegetables.
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[@gardenfreshtotable]

Great reminder on when to start our seeds both indoors and outdoors no matter where you live. Thanks

[@EssentialNaturalCures68]

This video is a goldmine for gardeners! I love how you break down the timing for starting seeds indoors and outdoors. It makes the whole process so much less intimidating. Can’t wait to try the tips for peppers and tomatoes. Thanks for sharing

[@NextLevelGardening]

Glad to help!

[@joannagel4681]

I’m zone 4a & been doing all my brassicas via Winter sowing with gallon size water/milk jugs & had excellent results. Last year with my carrots I covered my seed with vermiculite & had great results as well.

[@loveandlavender11]

Your planting/seed starting calendar is a GAME CHANGER! Thank you!! Any chance you would be able to do one for a fall garden? I always seem to start things too late somehow and I never get a harvest.

[@rookiegardeningjournal]

This growing season 2025 is going to be amazing for everyone! ❤🌱

[@BopchisCorner]

I hope so 🙏😆

[@bonniefillmore9684]

Here in Central Florida (zone 10a) I am still harvesting fall's tomatoes, green beans and snow peas! By mid Feb it will be back in the 70's and 80's here. My no garden time is full summer - too hot for most things to grow. Love the calculator to help know when to plant as I have a bad habit of sowing too late.

[@jamesshirey9493]

Jealous in northern Ohio.

[@DebiParks-w2l]

I am in 10a central Florida as well and have the same issue. I am always sowing too late, lol. The chart is a godsend!

[@EvaNichols28]

My last frost date is mid-late June and first frost date around 6-8 September and I rarely have night temps above 50 F. I'm up in Truckee, CA by Lake Tahoe. It's very difficult to grow any of the warm season vegetables here, even though we do have hot days in July & part of August, but our growing season is so short. It's a challenge to get things like tomatoes and peppers to ripen before the frost takes them.

[@roxannerosecrans1348]

I started my peppers today! WNY glad to see ya!

[@drsdiva]

Me tooooo! ❤ Hope you have fruitful season!

[@marthakratz7877]

Thank you for that new calculator. I'm in Troy, New York, formerly zone 5B, now I think they are calling it zone 6 but in any case it looks like my last frost date is May 8th. Your calculator even gives me a good estimate of when I can start certain things indoors in preparation for outdoor planting. Awesome.

[@strongereveryday1891]

10:43 same peas and strawberries are a gardening snack for me!!

[@dawndunham7232]

I'm so excited and buried in the snow

[@kbjerke]

Me too!!

[@myrahaws5148]

Me too 18 inches of snow and it was 10 degrees this morning.

[@11Renee11]

It's 80 degrees here in Central Texas...I'm so ready to start gardening

[@lindamccollum9222]

Sorry to hear of the loss in your family. Want to thank you for the gardening planner. Late this year with seed starting. Husband has had serious health issues from a fall causing a replaced knee to make walking difficult. We see orthopedic surgeon in a few days. We’re praying that he’ll repair the knee. Anyway my Plan is to seed start this weekend. Fingers crossed.

[@lindamccollum9222]

PS. Do you have a video on how to grow successfully cucumbers? I have tried by seed starts. Direct sow. Transplants from nursery. Leaves quickly turn yellow. Cukes turn yellow and the size of gerkins. They are watered. Fed and burped. But help. What am I doing wrong. Thank you in advance

[@GardenKatt]

Family moved back home, so my seed growing area is gone. I am going to have to try growing in grow boxes outside and maybe a few in my parents greenhouse across the river. Louisville Kentucky here. I missed watching you. Been working and running too much.

[@DebiParks-w2l]

For those of us in the warmer zones who can garden through the winter could you please make a planting chart for Fall/ Winter that includes all the crops in your Spring planting chart? This is the best chart I have seen! Thank you.

[@NextLevelGardening]

Coming!

[@alanprice9712]

For zones that have little to no frost simply put the harvested leaves in a freezer on a pan/ tray while wet. After 12 or so hours they should be much sweeter.

[@Jemmyjo]

Very true! Our kale collards and mustards are much better after the cold.

[@lyndelgado6138]

So bring them in cut n wash them n put in freezer?

[@alanprice9712]

Or freeze the leaves whole and crush them into tiny pieces. We use the tiny ones in kale soups like Italian wedding soup. Or boil the leaves and mix with mashed potatoes to pair with smoked sausage and gravy(my wife's fave)

[@tyromegaddes]

Thank you. My last frost date is April the 13th in Clarksville Tennessee

[@candybenteu8717]

Snowing here in Seattle but still started my onions indoors.

[@elainemiller9943]

I'm in Bremerton. Was going to start some seeds indoors today, woke up to snow 😢. Lol. Maybe next week.

[@BopchisCorner]

Hi from CT...everything is frozen...today is unusually warm though, will be starting mine indoors as well 😊

[@ericaross9534]

Good morning, thank you

[@NextLevelGardening]

Good morning!

[@Hortonscakes]

Hello! Here in Oklahoma city, we are getting into spring. I'm gonna start everything indoors soon. I'm going to get more of Ed's hot pepper seeds. I failed 6 yrs ago, but I'm ready to start again.

[@bellepfeiffer3630]

Negative 11F last night, but I have pulled out my seed packets to look at them. Meanwhile, I have a big collection of Coleus cuttings that are hanging out under grow lights and 3 Datel peppers left over from last summer.

[@Jemmyjo]

My Datils are going strong in the greenhouse.

[@bAnt2601]

Exactly…😮 with outdoor planting…😊

[@NextLevelGardening]

😊

[@sbee8247]

Florida decided to skip Spring. We went from cold to 80+ degrees. High of 85 today :( I give up on outside lettuce lol. Planted a ton of beans, tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers and most are already sprouting. Woo hoo.

[@lloydgriffin546]

Good morning

[@lenasmith1948]

It's going to be 80 degrees today in Phoenix, our last frost will be 2/12 😊 love your channel

[@earthladyadventures5018]

I'm in Eastern Tennessee my last frost date is April 12th i can't wait for spring😊

[@rosemaryabbott2241]

Love, love your new calculator. So useful! Thanks Brian❤️❤️

[@NextLevelGardening]

Thanks, glad you like it!

[@brianbarker2670]

Thanks for the calculator...will be studying mine for the next little while.

[@DannySaun]

I from Estonia. Here is climate way different. Like yes we need to do same but we need to put things in green house and in may we need even make green house warm because short summer and chilly spring nights. Also with trees we need to cover them up in spring so morning sun does not wake up some trees like peach because at night temperatures drop a lot and different between day and night is so big.

[@donnaheath7258]

Thanks so much, Brian, for the planting calculator. I've printed it and am more confident about what to do next ... kinda. ;-)

[@dougtuck1449]

One thing you left out for beginners,you have to have a fan or something to move your seedlings so they get stronger otherwise they will be very spindly and just fall over dead, so the new plants have to be moved either by a fan or by youb rushing the leaves a few times a day, very very important

[@auswindall]

Thank you !!

[@carriesmith-th9et]

Hi from Ireland

[@Mangstas]

Hellooooo!

[@BopchisCorner]

Hi from CT, USA 😊

[@carolynstreet5325]

Awhile back I saw a video where you recommended putting wood shavings over the carrot seeds. I did that, and VOILA! It is really the only way I can get carrots to do anything.

[@BopchisCorner]

Thank you for mentioning this tip...I'm going to try it this year 😊

[@lloydgriffin546]

West Virginia here

[@shelley2086]

I planted kale and Swiss chard from seed twice last year. I was surprised how many times I could harvest from each plant and how long they survived past frost in late fall. I'm in SE Idaho.

[@christopherhall5315]

Hi Brian! I am so glad I found your channel. I am brand new to gardening and the sea of information was overwhelming at first. I came across Next Level Gardening and knew I found someone from which I could learn. I like both the content and pace of your videos. I am up in Northern California, Sacramento Valley, and I plan to grow some herbs and tomatoes. Thanks for the extremely helpful videos!

[@tinaberry3822]

Hello from North Texas we're zone , 9

[@BopchisCorner]

Hi from CT, zone 6b 😊

[@ourmodernhomestead2974]

Were more than 15 weeks out til our last frost were not starting anything yet. Will start peppers first in a couple weeks though to get a big jump start

[@LittlePieceOfHeaven.65]

Super useful! Thanks

[@nicolerozecki4046]

Your seed calendar is wonderful and so helpful. Thank you so much! Was wondering if you could squeeze in Brussel, fennel, Pok choy, radicchio, radish, turnip, and maybe a fall schedule.

[@fyrbyrd71]

Question to follow up on the wintering/bringing indoors of pepper plants, when the time to put back outdoors comes(z.6-Apr25-lastfrost), is there pruning or care needed besides replanting/fertilizing? (These here have grown quite stringy/skinny with poorly matured/stunted buds/peppers while indoors. The stringy/skinny growth is the purpose of the pruning care question.)

[@rhondahooker9016]

I love your videos so awesome 😊

[@NextLevelGardening]

Thank you so much 😀

[@robinedelman60]

Thank you for the information

[@christymarr1984]

Yeah!

[@kathleenrobinson2486]

Thank you very much for the planting guide. ❤

[@johnlord8337]

Just harvesting 1 outer leaf from each adult plant each day - and you can have a full house salad for everybody in the house. Minimal time gathering, versus end of season harvesting and wasting product (and tossing to the lambs and cow for eating). And by the way, also doing the same double-triple harvesting of all of the various leaves - provides a maximum nutrition for the lambs and cow (especially in pregnancy) than just bland alfalfa. Diversity is happiness. Lets see how long you would eat only corn flakes cereal and milk for endless days - until your body would rebel for diversity.

[@lyndelgado6138]

I started reading before I saw who wrote it and I thought, "Is that john lord ?" And sure enough, it was! Always something deep and or interesting.

[@darlenethompson6738]

Great video. Thanks. ❤

[@Mr51Caveman]

Kinda funny. My 15 month old Great Granddaughter loves to come out to the garden and eat fresh peas right off the stalk!!

[@Safari-Scarlet]

Me and my cocker spaniel do the same thing. ❤️

[@Sunshinne368]

Living in Stockton CA and I have volunteer tomato seedlings popping up 😮

[@earthladyadventures5018]

You did a fantastic job with your presentation on seed to harvest withseedtime❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊 great job keep moving forward.😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

[@NextLevelGardening]

Thank you! ❤️

[@porkchop8355]

Do you have a chart with the dates of when we should start our fall gardens? I am in zone 9a. Love your videos 😀

[@NextLevelGardening]

Coming

[@gothic_oma]

​@@NextLevelGardening Yayyy!!! 😁

[@tyromegaddes]

Zone 7B in Clarksville Tennessee

[@MichaelRei99]

I use cardboard to germinate carrots. I have near 100% germination consistently.

[@jamesmcintosh1383]

Question for you. Kinda off topic! I planted potatoes and garlic last fall and covered them with straw. When spring comes should I remove the straw or leave it?

[@krickette5569]

The Farmers almanac says my last frost date is March 31st, but it's Never been that early in years past. It's Always been around the middle of April. The National Gardening Association tells me my last frost date is April 14th. I'm not quite understanding how these two groups can be that different in their answers but I will err on the side of caution and go with April 14th this year.

[@sgtsandman7692]

That calculator is a nice little tool.

[@stephendaurie9344]

Tried growing tomatoes your way last year, they were too wet, got deceased and died. Went back to my old method, they were a foot and a haft tall and healthy at planting time

[@maakstemdik007]

February so far has been incredibly hot, I live in South Africa

[@BopchisCorner]

Hi from CT, USA...everything is frozen 🥶😂

[@maakstemdik007]

@@BopchisCorner are your gardening tips only applicable to the USA?

[@BopchisCorner]

@@maakstemdik007 I have no gardening tips😆...I'm here learning, just like you 😄

[@maakstemdik007]

@@BopchisCorner I don't learn much from information I cannot use

[@BopchisCorner]

@@maakstemdik007 I think you can use his information in your area...just apply it according your weather.

[@Itz_RedDevil4273]

Hi! So I just stumbled upon your channel, and I saw one you made a year ago, but I wanted to ask, do you by chance already have a video that shows how you can start for beginners for cheap? What are the basic things you need? I live in a neighborhood but I've got 2 flower beds I want to use for crops..it won't be much but I figured I could maybe try.

[@TunaSoda]

Question, the calculator shows indoor start and outside start dates, is there a recommended start date between those for a non-heated outdoor greenhouse? Should I just adhere to one or the other?

[@katherinecadwallader5418]

It would depend on whether greenhouse stays above freezing at night.

[@robingreany899]

Thank you for this information. I am in the Mojave desert in Pinon Hills. Have a greenhouse but thinking it gets too cool at night. Can I start them on heat mats and not have to worry about the night time temps if it is closed up???

[@julie-annepineau4022]

My last frost date is the end of May so I still have almost 2 months before I can start anything indoors or they will be overgrown and taking up way too much space.

[@LikesFarming68]

Good

[@tambrasmith4199]

Nice onions

[@bernadettecraftygal2090]

I know that you said that since you are where you have to grow short day onions. Yet you can't grow long day onions. Can those of us in long day areas grow short day onions?

[@a-k-jun-1]

Still double digits below zero here in central Alaska 😂😂😂 but I have my potatoes growing inside

[@sherrysarvas9526]

What is your recommendation for the control of blister beetles?

[@liberalinoklahoma1888]

84 degrees outside today, 2/3/25.

[@kevinmcginness3253]

I look forward to your videos, and are a great help, I live in SE Wyoming and I love growing tomatoes, the shorter season or northern tomato variety is usually a smaller tomato that needs less time to develop, I can't speak for all varieties of northern climate tomato, but I have found a way around this, I start my tomatos insied in mid february, in dixie cups, after six weeks I transplant them to larger containers, and the date for putting outdoors for me is June 1, I've been able to grow big boys and beef steaks this way, because the frost can hit here in mid september, thank you so much, give me any advice if you see something that can help with my process.

[@lauranewbie8765]

I'm in SCA as well, but can't grow anything inside my small home, don't have a greenhouse, and have a small yard. I have never had luck growing radishes, carrots or tomatoes... the crops that everyone says are the easiest to grow. 😒 I plant most everything that can be planted in containers in containers first, on my porch, but haven't had luck with those plants at all! ... Can it be the seeds? 🤔🤷‍♀️ I get plenty of germination, but no veggies!

[@lyndelgado6138]

Are they getting 8-10 hrs of sun? R u getting flowers?

[@lauranewbie8765]

@lyndelgado6138 no, no flowers at all. I have bell peppers, big jim peppers, Serrano peppers, cantaloupe, and strawberries that have all done well. My grape doesn't seem to give me anything either. 😕 They don't get as much sun as they should, maybe 4 hours? 🤷‍♀️. My yard is west facing. I don't have any yard on the east side.

[@myrahaws5148]

Your killing me. I so want to get started but it is just way to early for me. Our last frost date is june 6th. I know it very late. Ans if it wasn't for my grow tunnel i wouldn't be able to grow much at all.

[@RealLifeGardening]

It’s so hard to find intermediate onions

[@donhorak9417]

Last frost date? That traditional info is unreliable! Climate is changing, bro! Start early, man. Take a chance and start sooner. Always have a backup plan. We're skipping spring and going into warm season (central Texas). Ya, we might have a late frost but, we can deal with that. I'm putting out toms and peppers NOW!

[@ekalynnn]

Thank you!!