When to Plant Mustard greens in Winfield, AL

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can figure out when you can plant mustard greens in Winfield by using the USDA zone info.

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Planting Calendar for Mustard greens

Frost tolerance for mustard greens: Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant: Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

You can plant mustard greens a little bit earlier in the year because they do well in moderate cold.

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A good time to plant mustard greens
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant mustard greens
Probably not a good time to plant mustard greens

The earliest that you can plant mustard greens in Winfield is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant mustard greens and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your mustard greens may not have a chance to grow to maturity. Starting your mustard greens indoors is a great way to get them started a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Winfield. It might get as low as 5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Winfield is an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Winfield it frosts late in the year after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your mustard greens in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Winfield

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low5°F
Highest Expected Low10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 10°F.

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