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When to plant arugula in Orlando

How to grow ArugulaOrlando climate
Where are you growing?

Comfortable

Not realistic in greenhouse

Comfortable in a cold frame

Arugula in Orlando is a good fit outdoors. The suitable growing window of 93 days covers the 28–40 days this plant usually needs.

When to plantDecember 26 – March 28

Harvest
January 29 – March 28
Season vs crop
93 grow days vs 28–40 needed

Arugula in Orlando is a good fit outdoors. The suitable growing window of 93 days covers the 28–40 days this plant usually needs.

Planting conditions

Arugula planting activities across the year: Direct sow, HarvestJFMAMJJASOND
  • Direct sow
  • Harvest
Local activity windows for this place and growing method.
Suitable growing days in a row93
Days to harvest28–40 days from seed
Dec 26 – Mar 28
Direct sow
Jan 29 – Mar 28
Harvest
ActivityWindowNotes
Direct sowDec 26 – Mar 28Plant outdoors in this window.
HarvestJan 29 – Mar 28Expected harvest from typical days to harvest.
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 (50 – 70 °F) and tolerable (39 – 81 °F) ranges.

Arugula planting and growing weeks in OrlandoJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDECPlantingGrowing
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

Frost-free days365
Outdoor sow dateDecember 26
Direct sow windowDecember 26 – March 28
Suitable growing windowDecember 26 – March 28 (93 days)
Expected harvestJanuary 29 – March 28

How these dates are judged

Ideal conditions
Daytime air from 50 – 70 °F.
Suitable conditions
Daytime air from 39 – 81 °F.
Last frost and first frost
Typical spring and fall frost dates for Orlando, shown in the key dates.
Days to harvest
28–40 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 Arugula: Jan 1 – Mar 28; Dec 26 – Mar 28 (180 days)

Planting window for Arugula: Jan 1 – Mar 28; Dec 26 – Mar 28 (180 days)

Outdoors: weekly temperatures and windows

Temperatures across the year for Orlando. 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec−10 °C14 °F0 °C32 °F10 °C50 °F20 °C68 °F30 °C86 °F40 °C104 °FTolerable 4–27 °CTolerable 39–81 °FIdeal 10–21 °CIdeal 50–70 °FWindowGrowingJan 1 – Mar 28; Dec 26 – Mar 28PlantingJan 1 – Mar 28; Dec 26 – Mar 28No typical frost here. Timing follows heat, not frost.
  • 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 1 · Jan 1 – Jan 4

Average 57 to 72 °F · Possible 44 to 81 °F

Growing: tolerable

Planting: suitable

A week is in range when its average low and high sit inside the tolerance band 39 to 81 °F; it is suitable when that average range also overlaps the ideal 50 to 70 °F band and possible readings stay within 39 °F to 81 °F. Crossing a possible limit, or missing the ideal band, makes it tolerable; a possible low below 39 °F makes it tolerable. 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 28.54, -81.38, 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 Arugula 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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