One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The earliest that you can plant mustard in Corning should be figured out by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Mustard

Frost tolerance for mustard:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

It's probably a bad idea to plant mustard until after all chance of frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

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

The last month that you can plant mustard and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your mustard may not have a chance to fully mature. If you are starting your mustard indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Corning. You should expect an average low temperature of 20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Corning is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Corning it frosts late in the year after February 15 be ready to protect your mustard if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Corning

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

Plants to Grow in Corning

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Corning.