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.
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.
Source: MSU Extension Planting Dates