When to Plant Mustard greens in Atlantic Beach, FL

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

It's possible to determine when you can plant mustard greens by checking out the USDA zone info for Atlantic Beach.


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 just a bit earlier in the year because they are moderately cold tolerant.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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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 Atlantic Beach is January. However, you really should wait until February 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 October. If you wait any later than that and your mustard greens may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your mustard greens indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on February 15 in Atlantic Beach. You should expect an average low temperature of 20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Atlantic Beach is not always accurate the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Atlantic Beach last frost occurs after February 15 so always be ready to cover your mustard greens if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Atlantic Beach

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 Low20°F
Highest Expected Low25°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.

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