When to plant radicchio

Radicchio (cool-season leafy green) is classed semi hardy in the cited extension guidance. The timing rules below are relative to your local freeze dates — enter a location to turn them into calendar dates.

The rules this site applies
MethodFrost-relative windowRule & reconciliation
Transplant outdoorsfrom the median last spring freeze to 2 weeks afterUSU places transplants near the last frost-free date, a point rule that is encoded as a 14-day planting span beginning at the last-freeze anchor.
Direct-sow outdoors4–3 weeks before the median last spring freezeUSU states seeded radicchio may go in 3-4 weeks before the last frost-free date, and because the source gives an explicit range it is encoded directly as -28 to -21 days rather than expanded to a 14-day span.
Fall planting90–76 days before the median first fall freezeUMN sows the fall crop about three months before the average first fall frost, taken as a -90 day point and encoded as a 14-day span; USU's fall guidance is not combined here because it is anchored to an anticipated maturity date rather than stated directly against the frost date.

No start seeds indoors window: No frost-anchored indoor-start window is published, because UMN gives indoor sowing as Minnesota calendar dates ('early April', and July for fall crops) rather than against a freeze date, and the alternative lead time it offers is measured from the transplant date rather than from an anchor, while USU states only that 5-6 weeks are generally required to grow transplants to set-out size.

Variety assumption: UMN gives radicchio about 60 to 70 days to mature, and USU advises selecting early-maturing cultivars for fall plantings.

Crop rule sources (2)
Reviewed city pages for radicchio
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