Mangetout · Queens, New York, United States
When to plant mangetout in Queens
Main outdoor window
22 Feb - 15 Mar
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
29 March
In Queens, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
1 May - 31 Aug
If you plant at the start of the window.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Queens
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 autumn
19 Aug - 9 Sep
Counting back 84 days from your first frost so the crop matures in time.
Sow direct
22 Feb - 15 Mar
Five weeks before your last frost.
Harvest
1 May - 31 Aug
Mangetout through the year
Against the frost risk in Queens
Why these dates
Sow five weeks before the last frost, and again every fortnight until early summer. Autumn sowings in mild climates overwinter for a very early crop.
The plant takes -6C. Flowers and young pods are damaged near -2C, so a late frost costs you the first picking rather than the plant.
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. Mangetout are timed for direct sowing 5 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Queens.
The median frost-free season here is 249 days, against 55 to 70 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.
Also in Queens
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Growing mangetout in Queens
When should I plant mangetout in Queens?
Aim for 22 Feb - 15 Mar in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 4-25 Mar - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will mangetout be ready to harvest in Queens?
Expect to start picking around 1 May - 31 Aug, based on 55 to 70 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will mangetout tolerate?
The plant takes -6C. Flowers and young pods are damaged near -2C, so a late frost costs you the first picking rather than the plant.