Regional guide

Mississippi Zone Planting Dates Vegetable Garden

An MSU Extension guide for Mississippi Zone 1-5 vegetable planting dates, cool and warm crop windows, and transplant cutoffs.

Regional timing

Current regional planting plan

Source-backed timing MSU Extension Planting Dates

Mississippi Zones 4 climate signals

Source source cues Local conditions

MSU Extension Planting Dates organizes Mississippi vegetable timing by Zone 1 through Zone 5.
The chart separates cool-season vegetables from warm-season vegetables so gardeners can use zone-specific windows instead of one statewide date.
Cool-season vegetables generally move later from Zone 1 to Zone 5, such as carrots, lettuce, peas, and spinach opening Jan. 20 in Zone 1 and Feb. 18 in Zone 5.

Catalog priority: 27 priority crops
Climate checks: 4 climate signals
Timing basis: Use regional source signals

Source-backed timing MSU Extension Planting Dates organizes Mississippi vegetable timing by Zone 1 through Zone 5.

The chart separates cool-season vegetables from warm-season vegetables so gardeners can use zone-specific windows instead of one statewide date.

Crop priority Provider Bush Bean leads the catalog examples

Provider Bush Bean, Detroit Dark Red Beet, Waltham 29 Broccoli, Golden Acre Cabbage

Next local check For beets, MSU lists Feb. 1 in Zone 1 through Mar. 3 in Zone 5, with final spring planting from Mar. 1 in Zone 1 through Apr. 5 in Zone 5.

For broccoli plants, MSU lists Feb. 1 in Zone 1 through Mar. 3 in Zone 5, with final spring planting from Feb. 15 in Zone 1 through Mar. 20 in Zone 5.

Calendar Convert regional timing into dated sowing, transplant, and harvest jobs. Frost dates Keep hardiness zone context separate from local first and last frost dates. All regions Compare this guide with the broader regional atlas. South Carolina Clemson HGIC 1256 guide for South Carolina Piedmont and Coastal Plain planting-chart rows, freeze timing, spacing, and harvest days.

Climate signals

MSU Extension Planting Dates organizes Mississippi vegetable timing by Zone 1 through Zone 5.
The chart separates cool-season vegetables from warm-season vegetables so gardeners can use zone-specific windows instead of one statewide date.
Cool-season vegetables generally move later from Zone 1 to Zone 5, such as carrots, lettuce, peas, and spinach opening Jan. 20 in Zone 1 and Feb. 18 in Zone 5.
Warm-season vegetables also move later from Zone 1 to Zone 5, such as snap bush beans opening Mar. 15 in Zone 1 and Apr. 14 in Zone 5.

Planning notes

For beets, MSU lists Feb. 1 in Zone 1 through Mar. 3 in Zone 5, with final spring planting from Mar. 1 in Zone 1 through Apr. 5 in Zone 5.
For broccoli plants, MSU lists Feb. 1 in Zone 1 through Mar. 3 in Zone 5, with final spring planting from Feb. 15 in Zone 1 through Mar. 20 in Zone 5.
Use carrots, lettuce, peas, and spinach as early cool-season examples: carrots open Jan. 20 through Feb. 18 and run to Apr. 15; peas open Jan. 20 through Feb. 18 and run from Mar. 10 through Apr. 1; spinach opens Jan. 20 through Feb. 18 and runs from Feb. 15 through Mar. 15.
For warm-season direct sowing, snap bush beans open Mar. 15 in Zone 1 through Apr. 14 in Zone 5 and run from Apr. 15 through May 10; corn opens Mar. 1 through Mar. 31 and runs to Jul. 15.
Cucumbers and summer squash open Mar. 29 in Zone 1 through Apr. 28 in Zone 5; their last dates range from Sept. 14 in Zone 1 to Aug. 10 in Zone 5.
Eggplant and pepper plants open Mar. 29 in Zone 1 through Apr. 28 in Zone 5, with final dates from Aug. 15 in Zone 1 to Jul. 15 in Zone 5.
Tomatoes, listed as plants, open Mar. 29 in Zone 1 through Apr. 28 in Zone 5, with final dates from Aug. 15 in Zone 1 to Jul. 20 in Zone 5.
Pumpkins and winter squash open Mar. 29 in Zone 1 through Apr. 28 in Zone 5 and run to Jul. 1; watermelons open Mar. 29 through Apr. 28 and run from May 1 through Jun. 1.

Catalog crop examples

These catalog entries match crops covered by the regional timing source; variety-specific details remain tied to each seed entry's own source.

Provider Bush Bean Vegetable · Warm · 50 days
Detroit Dark Red Beet Vegetable · Cool · 58 days
Waltham 29 Broccoli Vegetable · Cool · 74 days
Golden Acre Cabbage Vegetable · Cool · 64 days
Danvers 126 Carrot Vegetable · Shoulder · 70 days
Snowball Y Cauliflower Vegetable · Cool · 70 days
Bright Lights Swiss Chard Vegetable · Shoulder · 55 days
Georgia Southern Collards Vegetable · Cool · 65 days
Golden Bantam Sweet Corn Vegetable · Warm · 80 days
Marketmore 76 Cucumber Vegetable · Warm · 58 days
Black Beauty Eggplant Vegetable · Warm · 80 days
Early White Vienna Kohlrabi Vegetable · Cool · 55 days
Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce Vegetable · Cool · 45 days
Hale's Best Jumbo Melon Vegetable · Warm · 85 days
Southern Giant Curled Mustard Vegetable · Cool · 45 days
Clemson Spineless Okra Vegetable · Warm · 56 days
Evergreen Bunching Onion Vegetable · Shoulder · 65 days
Sugar Snap Pea Vegetable · Cool · 62 days
California Wonder Pepper Vegetable · Warm · 72 days
Small Sugar Pumpkin Vegetable · Warm · 100 days
French Breakfast Radish Vegetable · Cool · 28 days
Bloomsdale Spinach Vegetable · Cool · 42 days
Delicata Winter Squash Vegetable · Warm · 100 days
Waltham Butternut Squash Vegetable · Warm · 95 days
Roma Tomato Vegetable · Warm · 76 days
Purple Top White Globe Turnip Vegetable · Cool · 55 days
Sugar Baby Watermelon Vegetable · Warm · 80 days

Related regional guides

South Carolina Spring and Fall Garden Clemson HGIC 1256 guide for South Carolina Piedmont and Coastal Plain planting-chart rows, freeze timing, spacing, and harvest days.
Alabama North and South Vegetable Seasons Garden An Alabama Extension guide for North and South Alabama vegetable seasons, spring/fall windows, maturity days, spacing, and not-recommended cells.
Louisiana North and South Vegetable Planting Guide An LSU AgCenter guide for north and south Louisiana vegetable dates, central and coastal caveats, seed depth, spacing, and harvest timing.

Dated sowing answers, where the data exists

Five regions on this site have a dated "what can I still sow today" page, built from the windows their state extension service publishes: Texas, North Florida, Central Maryland, New York City and York County, PA. Mississippi Zones is not one of them, and nothing on those pages applies here.

Mississippi Zones has no dated sowing page yet: see how Texas, North Florida, Central Maryland, New York City and York County, PA get one What a covered region page contains, which five regions have one, and the extension sources behind them.

Source: MSU Extension Planting Dates