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When to Plant Sweet Grass in Zone 6

In USDA zone 6, plant outdoors May 9 to August 7, and expect your first harvest around August 7.

Sweet Grass planting calendar for USDA Zone 6

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Direct sow

May 9

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Projected first harvest

Aug 7

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🌱 Start indoors🌿 Growing outside🌾 HarvestTodayZone 6a — approximate

Sweet Grass is ready to harvest in about 90 days. Dates use USDA zone 6a average frost dates. Set your ZIP in HomeSown for dates tuned to your exact location.

What zone 6 means for sweet grass

Average last spring frost

April 25

Average first fall frost

October 10

Those two dates are what set the schedule above. Zone 6 gives you roughly 168 frost-free days, and sweet grass need about 90 days to mature.

Varieties to grow

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

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