When to Plant Mizuna in Albany, New York, United States

Step by step in Albany

Import into Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook. Dates use the selected risk level and are planning estimates, not frost alerts.

Each window is a planning range. Check the forecast, soil and cultivar before planting; a later date is not automatically safer in hot or wet conditions.

Sow for overwintering

31 Jul - 21 Aug

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

Sow direct

2-30 Apr

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 Albany

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Seasonal context

Rainfall and the growing season in Albany

October has the highest average precipitation (123 mm); February has the lowest (72 mm). Compare this pattern with the planting windows and your water supply.

Jan 74 mm

Feb 72 mm

Mar 85 mm

Apr 91 mm

May 99 mm

Jun 123 mm

Jul 115 mm

Aug 119 mm

Sep 109 mm

Oct 123 mm

Nov 83 mm

Dec 103 mm

During wetter months, check that beds and containers drain after heavy rain. During drier months, plan how you will keep seeds and new transplants watered. Monthly averages can hide long dry spells and intense storms; they do not show soil moisture, humidity or this week's weather.

Source: NASA POWER, corrected MERRA-2 precipitation, 2001–2020. Values are approximate monthly totals, including the water equivalent of snow, from the nearest 0.5° × 0.625° grid cell. This reference period differs from the temperature record. Rainfall provides context and does not change the calculated planting dates. Method and limitations.

Monthly growing conditions in Albany

Compare the planting window with the local temperature pattern. These are historical monthly averages, not this year's forecast or measured soil temperatures. Average frost days do not tell you whether a particular night will freeze.

NASA POWER climate averages, 1995–2024
Month	Average low	Average high	Frost days
January	-10°C (13.9°F)	-1.6°C (29.1°F)	29.5
February	-9.3°C (15.2°F)	-0.1°C (31.8°F)	27.4
March	-4.9°C (23.2°F)	5.1°C (41.2°F)	26.5
April	0.8°C (33.5°F)	12.6°C (54.7°F)	13.5
May	7.5°C (45.5°F)	19.3°C (66.7°F)	1.0
June	12.9°C (55.1°F)	23.9°C (75°F)	0.0
July	15.8°C (60.5°F)	26.9°C (80.4°F)	0.0
August	15.2°C (59.3°F)	26.6°C (79.8°F)	0.0
September	11°C (51.8°F)	23°C (73.3°F)	0.1
October	4.8°C (40.7°F)	15.6°C (60°F)	4.5
November	-1.1°C (30.1°F)	7.9°C (46.2°F)	19.4
December	-6°C (21.1°F)	1.4°C (34.6°F)	28.2

For mizuna, also check drainage, sunlight and cultivar requirements. See the rainfall context above; humidity, irrigation and local pest pressure are not calculated.

Local growing check

Before choosing mizuna for Albany

October is the wettest month in the rainfall grid, averaging about 123 mm. Check how your own bed drains and plan watering around actual soil moisture; monthly rain totals are not an irrigation schedule.

The temperature and rainfall tables on this page show the underlying climate estimates. How these suitability checks work · Record what happens in your garden.

Before you plant mizuna

Use the calendar to plan ahead, then check the conditions in your own garden.

Measure the soil at sowing depth. Aim for at least 4.5°C (40.1°F); the calendar estimates soil warmth from air temperatures and cannot measure your bed.
Frost tolerance does not make saturated or frozen soil suitable for planting. Wait until the bed can be worked without smearing or compacting it.
Use the maturity range on your seed packet when choosing a variety. Cold, short days and transplant stress can make harvest later than the calendar estimate.

Harvest mizuna at the leaf stage you prefer

Keep the shallow root zone moist in a fertile drained bed. Some light shade can help in hot periods, but do not assume relative heat or bolt tolerance means the plant can be neglected through drought.

Pick tender leaves while preserving growing points for regrowth, and inspect for flea beetle or caterpillar damage. Record when older leaves become fibrous. A fresh small sowing may give better quality than repeatedly cutting an exhausted stand.

What to record this season

At what leaf size was the texture best, and how many useful cuts followed? Add the cultivar, sowing date and conditions to your growing record so you can compare next season.

Further reading: Brassica rapa nipposinica Mizuna PFAF Plant Database . General crop guidance; local dates on this site are calculated separately. Source checked 19 September 2026 by Safe to Plant; this is not an expert review.

Plants For A Future compiles botanical and cultivation references. This is general species guidance, not a local field trial or evidence that every cultivar will crop in your climate.

How the dates are calculated and their limits · Keep a growing record · Report a local discrepancy

Why these dates

Keep the shallow root zone moist in a fertile drained bed. Some light shade can help in hot periods, but do not assume relative heat or bolt tolerance means the plant can be neglected through drought.

Check the named variety and local forecast before exposing young growth. The catalog cold-damage figure is a reference, not a guarantee: plant age, acclimatisation, wind and the duration of a freeze affect damage.

This calendar uses frost-relative offsets as a starting point. Mizuna are timed for direct sowing 4 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Albany.

The calendar also applies a soil-warming estimate derived from historical air temperatures. Where that estimate is later than the frost-based date, it delays the window. Soil in your own garden can warm earlier or later; a thermometer at sowing depth is a better final check. Cold, wet conditions can slow germination and increase decay risk.

The median frost-free season here is 172 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.

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Nearby

Mizuna in places close by

West Albany 4 km Schenectady 23 km North Chicopee 108 km Chicopee 110 km Springfield 114 km Bristol 128 km

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Growing mizuna in Albany

Can I grow mizuna in Albany?

The calendar estimates a planting window, not a guarantee of success. October is the wettest month in the rainfall grid, averaging about 123 mm. Check how your own bed drains and plan watering around actual soil moisture; monthly rain totals are not an irrigation schedule.

When should I plant mizuna in Albany?

Aim for 2-30 Apr in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 17 Apr - 15 May - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When might mizuna be ready to harvest in Albany?

The estimated period is 1 May - 30 Nov, based on 35 to 45 days from the modeled planting date. Cultivar, planting material and growing conditions can change this interval; check the plant as well as the calendar.

How much frost will mizuna tolerate?