One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine 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.

A common way of determining when you can plant turnips is to look at the USDA zone info for Cleveland.

Planting Calendar for Turnips

Frost tolerance for turnips:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

It's probably not a good idea to plant turnips until after all chance of frost has passed because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant turnips in Cleveland 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 turnips and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your turnips may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your turnips indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Cleveland. 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 Cleveland is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Cleveland you get a frost after April 15 be ready to cover your turnips if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Cleveland

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.

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