Rutabaga
Vegetables · Sow outdoors
Rutabaga planting dates
At usual odds in 2026: Mar 16 – Jul 10.
The guide's rule 6 weeks before last frost to 16 weeks before first frost.
Frost odds · chance of a freezing night after your spring date
The 2026 season
Plant out / sow Frost risk
At all three odds
| Frost odds | Plant / sow |
|---|---|
| Bold (1 in 2) | Mar 9 – Jul 14 |
| Usual (3 in 10) | Mar 16 – Jul 10 |
| Careful (1 in 10) | Mar 24 – Jul 1 |
- Days to first harvest
- 90-100 from seed
- How it goes in
- Sow outdoors
- Frost
- Frost-hardy Takes light frost.
- Soil to germinate
- 65-75°F
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Source: Montana State University Extension, MontGuide MT199308AG, "Can I Grow That Here? Vegetable Seed and Transplant Schedules for Garden or Container" (reviewed August 2013), read with NOAA 1991-2020 freeze odds for Cleveland Hopkins. Wording ours; how we read the guide.