Growing mustard greens in zone 8a
(Zone 8a = an average winter low of 10°F to 15°F.)
In USDA zone 8a, the typical last spring frost is March 29 and the first fall frost is November 7. Here is when to plant mustard greens against those dates.
Typical timing
Zone 8a planting schedule
Evidence trail
How these dates are built
Sprout applies the cited planting offsets to the typical zone 8a frost anchors. The result is a planning baseline for the zone, not a local weather forecast.
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, 2023USDA Agricultural Research Service / Oregon State University PRISM Group. Supports the USDA hardiness-zone band.
- U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Supports the median spring and fall freeze dates.
- Mustard | Home Vegetable GardeningUniversity of Illinois Extension. Supports direct-sowing timing (direct).
Method note
Spring direct-sow 3 weeks before the frost-free date and again 3 weeks later (encoded as a window ending at the last-frost anchor), 3-5 inch spacing, 1/3-1/2 inch depth, and the aphid / cabbage-worm / spring-bolting / downy-mildew problems are from this page. The page gives no sun or pH figure: sun is the established full-sun norm for this cool-season green (recorded for the required field, not claimed from the source) and pH is omitted.
These are zone 8a averages
Computed from 3,407 ZIP codes in zone 8a. Your town's frost dates vary; enter your ZIP for dates built on your nearest weather station.
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