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When to Plant Plantain in Zone 3

In USDA zone 3, plant outdoors June 13 to August 2, and expect your first harvest around August 2.

Plantain planting calendar for USDA Zone 3

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Direct sow

Jun 13

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Projected first harvest

Aug 2

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🌱 Start indoors🌿 Growing outside🌾 HarvestTodayZone 3a — approximate

Plantain is ready to harvest in about 50 days. Dates use USDA zone 3a average frost dates. Set your ZIP in HomeSown for dates tuned to your exact location.

What zone 3 means for plantain

Average last spring frost

May 30

Average first fall frost

September 10

Those two dates are what set the schedule above. Zone 3 gives you roughly 103 frost-free days, and plantain need about 50 days to mature.

Varieties to grow

1 variety of plantain in the HomeSown library. Tap any for its full grow guide.

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