When to plant sweet corn in Leeds

Where are you growing?

Tight fit

Comfortable in greenhouse

Comfortable in a cold frame

Sweet corn in Leeds is doable with planning outdoors. 89 suitable days are enough for fast varieties (60 days) but not slow ones (90 days).

When to plantMay 19 – September 13

Harvest: July 18 – August 15
Season vs crop: 89 grow days vs 60–90 needed
Typical frost (last spring – first fall): May 14 – December 24

Sweet corn in Leeds is doable with planning outdoors. 89 suitable days are enough for fast varieties (60 days) but not slow ones (90 days).

Planting conditions

Direct sow
Harvest

Local activity windows for this place and growing method. Blue fill is usually too cold for this plant. Dashed lines are typical last and first frost.

Suitable growing days in a row89

Days to harvest60–90 days from seed

May 19 – Sep 13

Direct sow

Jul 18 – Aug 15

Harvest

Activity	Window	Notes
Direct sow	May 19 – Sep 13	Plant outdoors in this window.
Harvest	Jul 18 – Aug 15	Expected harvest from typical days to harvest.

Blue fill is usually too cold for this plant. Dashed lines are typical last and first frost. Adjust a week or two for your conditions.

Planting and growing across the year

Planting is the sow / plant-out window. Growing is daytime air versus this plant’s ideal (21 – 32 °C) and tolerable (13 – 35 °C) ranges.

Planting uses sow / plant-out rules (frost, soil germination, night, and last-sow): green when plantable, blue diagonal when nights or soil are too cold, amber cross-hatch when too hot, faint for other calendar limits. Growing shows daytime air against this plant’s ideal and tolerable ranges across the year.

Key dates

Typical last spring frostMay 14

Safer last spring frostMay 14

Typical first fall frostDecember 24

Safer first fall frostDecember 24

Frost-free days223

Outdoor sow dateMay 19

Direct sow windowMay 19 – September 13

Suitable growing windowMay 19 – August 15 (89 days)

Expected harvestJuly 18 – August 15

How these dates are judged

Ideal conditions: Daytime air from 21 – 32 °C.
Suitable conditions: Daytime air from 13 – 35 °C.
Last frost and first frost: Typical spring and fall frost dates for Leeds, shown in the key dates.
Days to harvest: 60–90 days from seed, from typical days to harvest.
Sowing window: Dated sow and harvest bars use frost dates, soil minima, night limits, and last-sow count-back from typical crop timing. The year strip and weekly chart use the same window: air ratings only colour weeks inside it.

Growing window for Sweet corn: May 19 – Aug 15 (89 days)

Planting window for Sweet corn: May 19 – Sep 13 (118 days)

Usually too cold: Jan 1 – May 17

Outdoors: weekly temperatures and windows

Temperatures across the year for Leeds. Shaded bands are this plant’s ideal and tolerable daytime air ranges. Growing is daytime air suitability; Planting is sow / plant-out conditions (same colour language). Window brackets mark each stretch.

Ideal range
Tolerable range
Possible min to max
Average min to max
Suitable
Tolerable
Too cold
Too hot

Selected week · tap a week or use the arrows

Week 21 · May 18 – May 24

Average 9 to 16 °C · Possible 4 to 24 °C

Growing: too cold (inside window)

Planting: suitable

A week is in range when its average low and high sit inside the tolerance band 13 to 35 °C; it is suitable when that average range also overlaps the ideal 21 to 32 °C band and possible readings stay within 0 °C to 35 °C. Crossing a possible limit, or missing the ideal band, makes it tolerable; any chance of frost (possible low below 0 °C) makes it too cold. When a sowing window is calculated, weeks outside that window are uncoloured even if air is in range.

Based on average frost dates.

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Cover method weekly charts

Outdoor weekly chart is above. Open a cover chart only if you grow under fleece, a cold frame, or an unheated greenhouse.

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Calculated by Plan & Plant · Method · Data 2019–2026

Frost and suitability dates are typical figures from climate statistics. Microclimates vary; they are not a guarantee.

How we calculated this

Data: ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo, cell 53.80, -1.55, years 2019–2026 (not a 30-year climate normal yet).
Typical and safer dates: Typical last frost is the date after which half of winters in this sample had no more frost; safer is later in the sample so fewer winters still frosted.
Crop rule: Local windows for Sweet corn from frost dates, temperature ratings, and crop timing rules.
Confidence: Provisional — short or thin sample for this place.
Full methodology (algorithm 2026-10-season-6).

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