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When to plant grapes

Plant grapes out from 6 weeks before to 2 weeks after the last frost.

Your dates for grapes

Set your ZIP code at the top of the page and we will work out when to plant grapes where you live, from the frost records of the nearest NOAA weather station. Your ZIP code is remembered on this device only.

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Grapes planting dates by zone

JFMAMJJASOND Zone 4b Zone 5b Zone 6b Zone 7b Zone 8b Zone 9a
Plant outDates use each zone's typical frost dates. Enter your ZIP code for your own.
Dates from each zone's typical (median) frost dates.
ZonePlant out
Zone 2aApr 7 to Jun 2
Zone 3aApr 14 to Jun 9
Zone 3bApr 5 to May 31
Zone 4aApr 1 to May 27
Zone 4bMar 27 to May 22
Zone 5aMar 22 to May 17
Zone 5bMar 20 to May 15
Zone 6aMar 18 to May 13
Zone 6bMar 12 to May 7
Zone 7aMar 5 to Apr 30
Zone 7bFeb 22 to Apr 19
Zone 8aFeb 15 to Apr 12
Zone 8bFeb 3 to Mar 31
Zone 9aJan 19 to Mar 16
Zone 9bDec 20 to Feb 14

Spring dates before the last frost assume the soil has thawed and is dry enough to work. After a late or wet spring, wait for that even if the date has passed.

Where frost is rare

In Florida, plant bare-root muscadines while they are dormant in winter. Container-grown vines can go in any time of year if you water them. European bunch grapes are largely ruled out in Florida by Pierce's disease, but muscadines resist it. In Arizona's low deserts (below 4,500 ft), European grapes do well when planted in early spring.

ZonePlanting months in Extension guides
Zone 9Dec-Feb (bare-root muscadine, Florida); container vines year-round with irrigation

Based on UF/IFAS EDIS HS763 The Muscadine Grape; University of Arizona AZ1657 Growing Grapes in the Home Garden. Warm-winter areas are matched to zones approximately, so use the months for your region.

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