Regional guide
North Missouri and Ozark Plateau Vegetable Garden
A North Missouri and Ozark Plateau guide for MU Extension north-column dates, later spring frosts, earlier fall frosts, and source-name matches.
Climate signals
- MU Extension Publication No. G6201 says planting dates depend on where gardeners live and Table 2 separates South Missouri, Central Missouri, and North Missouri columns.
- The source says Ozark Plateau gardeners should use North Missouri dates because higher elevation brings later spring and earlier fall frosts.
- The calendar lists a second set of dates under spring planting dates when a fall crop is possible.
- North Missouri shifts many warm-season rows later than Central Missouri: snap bush beans run 4/25 to 5/30 with a 7/25 to 8/5 fall row, cucumbers run 5/10 to 5/30, eggplant transplants run 5/15 to 5/25, and pumpkins run 5/20 to 5/30.
Planning notes
- Use Provider as the snap bush bean source row example for North Missouri: 4/25 to 5/30 spring and 7/25 to 8/5 fall.
- Use Detroit Dark Red beets for a cool-season direct-seed example: North Missouri 4/1 to 4/15 spring and 7/25 to 8/1 fall.
- Use Golden Acre cabbage plants as a transplant example: North Missouri 4/1 to 4/20 spring and 7/20 to 7/30 fall.
- Use Black Seeded Simpson loose-leaf lettuce as a spring/fall greens example: North Missouri 4/1 to 5/15 and 8/1 to 8/15.
- Use Sugar Snap as the edible-podded pea example for North Missouri 3/25 to 4/10 sowing; do not merge it with cowpea rows.
- Use Small Sugar pumpkin as a warm-season longer-season example for North Missouri 5/20 to 5/30 planting.
- Priority links are crop-row examples and source-name matches, not MU cultivar recommendations for this site; weaker rows such as Danvers-free carrots, Marketmore-free cucumbers, California Wonder-free peppers, Roma-free tomatoes, Bloomsdale Long Standing spinach, and Sugar Baby-free watermelons stay unlinked.
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
- Golden Acre Cabbage Vegetable · Cool · 64 days
- Black Beauty Eggplant Vegetable · Warm · 80 days
- Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce Vegetable · Cool · 45 days
- Southern Giant Curled Mustard Vegetable · Cool · 45 days
- Clemson Spineless Okra Vegetable · Warm · 56 days
- Hollow Crown Parsnip Vegetable · Cool · 120 days
- Sugar Snap Pea Vegetable · Cool · 62 days
- Small Sugar Pumpkin Vegetable · Warm · 100 days
- Bright Lights Swiss Chard Vegetable · Shoulder · 55 days
- Purple Top White Globe Turnip Vegetable · Cool · 55 days
Related regional guides
- Central Missouri Spring and Fall Vegetable Garden A Central Missouri spring-and-fall vegetable guide for gardeners using MU Extension's Central Missouri planting windows instead of one statewide date.
- South Missouri Vegetable Planting Calendar A South Missouri planting calendar for MU Extension south-column dates, spring and fall crop rows, and source-name catalog examples.
- Missouri Vegetable Variety Recommendations A Missouri variety guide using MU Extension Table 2 source-name matches for vegetables selected under Missouri growing conditions.