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.

The first opportunity to plant mustard in Danville can be estimated 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.

You can not plant mustard until after the last frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant mustard in Danville 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. If you wait any later than that and your mustard may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your mustard indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Danville. It might get as low as -5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Danville is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Danville it frosts late in the year after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your mustard if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Danville

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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