What Should I Grow?
American seed quizzes don’t know where you live. This one starts with your city: every suggestion is measured against your real frost-free season, and you’re told how many days of margin you actually have.
It depends first on your frost-free season length, which runs from roughly 110 days in the northern Prairies to over 200 days on coastal British Columbia (Environment and Climate Change Canada climate normals). A pumpkin wants about 100 days: comfortable in Toronto, but barely 5 days of margin in Thunder Bay once you allow for soil that has to warm up first. Pick your city, space and experience below and the tool compares each crop’s days-to-maturity against your actual season, then ranks what suits you best.
What this ranking rests on
Season length and frost dates are measured data (ECCC climate normals). Days-to-maturity are conventional published horticultural figures. But “easy”, “suits pots”, “keeps well” and yield are judgements, not measurements — kept consistent with our own growing guides, though your experience may differ. The season filter docks tender crops 10 days for soil that has to warm up first — you cannot sow a bean on your last-frost date.