The chart separates cool-season vegetables from warm-season vegetables so gardeners can use zone-specific windows instead of one statewide date.
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
An MSU Extension guide for Mississippi Zone 1-5 vegetable planting dates, cool and warm crop windows, and transplant cutoffs.
Source-backed timing
MSU Extension Planting Dates
Mississippi Zones
4 climate signals
Source
source cues
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- 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 27 catalog examples
- Climate checks
- 4 climate signals 8 planning notes
- Timing basis
- Use regional source signals source guidance first
Provider Bush Bean, Detroit Dark Red Beet, Waltham 29 Broccoli, Golden Acre Cabbage
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.
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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.
Source: MSU Extension Planting Dates