Mizuna · Jining, Shandong, China

When to plant mizuna in Jining

Main outdoor window

2-30 Mar

The window this page is built around.

Timed from last spring frost

30 March

In Jining, on your chosen risk.

Ready to pick

1 May - 30 Nov

If you plant at the start of the window.

The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.

Cautious Balanced Bold

Step by step in Jining

Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.

Sow for overwintering

23 Aug - 13 Sep

Counting back 59 days from your first frost so the crop matures in time.

Sow direct

2-30 Mar

Four weeks before your last frost.

Harvest

1 May - 30 Nov

Sow in succession. A single sowing gives you a single glut. Sow a short row every 14 days through the window above and you get a steady supply instead.

Frost tolerance

Hardy

Damaged below

-8°C (17.6°F)

Days to maturity

35–45

Min soil temp

4.5°C (40.1°F)

Spacing

20 cm

Sowing depth

6 mm (0.2 in)

Sun

Partial

Mizuna through the year

Against the frost risk in Jining

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Mizuna

Frost risk Autumn sowing Sow direct Harvest Today

Why these dates

Sow from four weeks before the last frost and every two weeks after. A late-summer sowing under cover picks through most of the winter.

Hardy to about -8C unprotected and considerably lower under a cloche, which makes it one of the most useful winter salad leaves.

Seed packets and extension guides express timing as weeks either side of the last spring frost, because that is the only reference point that travels. Mizuna are timed for direct sowing 4 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Jining.

The median frost-free season here is 227 days, against 35 to 45 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.

See every crop timed for Jining →

Nearby

Mizuna in places close by

Tai’an 99 km Heze 102 km Liaocheng 127 km Laiwu 131 km Shangqiu 139 km Jinan 145 km

Also in Jining

Other vegetables to time

Tomatoes tender Lettuce half hardy Potatoes half hardy Courgettes tender Sweet peppers tender Carrots hardy Cucumbers tender Green beans tender Peas hardy Garlic very hardy Chilli peppers tender Sweetcorn tender

Growing mizuna in Jining

When should I plant mizuna in Jining?

Aim for 2-30 Mar in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 11 Mar - 8 Apr - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When will mizuna be ready to harvest in Jining?

Expect to start picking around 1 May - 30 Nov, based on 35 to 45 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.

How much frost will mizuna tolerate?

Hardy to about -8C unprotected and considerably lower under a cloche, which makes it one of the most useful winter salad leaves.