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

A common way of getting a good idea when it's the best time to plant mustard is to examine the USDA zone info for New Bedford.

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 the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they are not cold tolerant.

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

The last month that you can plant mustard and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your mustard may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your mustard indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in New Bedford. You can expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for New Bedford is just an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in New Bedford you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your mustard if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for New Bedford

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-5°F
Highest Expected Low	0°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 0°F.

Plants to Grow in New Bedford

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