Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A way of making a decision about when it's the best time to plant mustard greens is to check out the USDA zone info for Pineville.

Planting Calendar for Mustard greens

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

Since mustard greens do well in moderate cold you can plant them a little bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant mustard greens in Pineville 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 really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your mustard greens indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is March 15 in Pineville. It might get as low as 15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Pineville is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Pineville there is a last frost after March 15 be ready to cover your mustard greens if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Pineville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 20°F.

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