Seeding Calendar
Zone 4B Seeding Calendar
Optimal planting windows for cool-season and warm-season grasses in USDA Hardiness Zone 4B.
Seeding Calendar — Zone 4B
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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Cool Seed (Best)
Cool Seed (OK)
Warm Seed (Best)
Warm Seed (OK)
Cool Seed (Best)
Cool Seed (OK)
Warm Seed (Best)
Warm Seed (OK)
Optimal (cool)
Acceptable (cool)
Optimal (warm)
Acceptable (warm)
Recommended Grasses for Zone 4B
Warm-Season
Counties in Zone 4B
Dodge County
MNLDS 3
Rice County
MNLDS 9
Howard County
IALDS 10
Fillmore County
MNLDS 10
Mower County
MNLDS 10
Olmsted County
MNLDS 10
Gogebic County
MILDS 14
Ontonagon County
MILDS 14
Le Sueur County
MNLDS 14
Goodhue County
MNLDS 15
Carver County
MNLDS 16
Grant County
MNLDS 16
Chisago County
MNLDS 17
Isanti County
MNLDS 17
McLeod County
MNLDS 17
Chippewa County
MILDS 18
Kandiyohi County
MNLDS 18
Meeker County
MNLDS 18
Lincoln County
MNLDS 20
Pope County
MNLDS 20
Cheboygan County
MILDS 21
Renville County
MNLDS 21
Big Stone County
MNLDS 22
Chippewa County
MNLDS 22
Pipestone County
MNLDS 22
Douglas County
MNLDS 23
Lac qui Parle County
MNLDS 23
Dickinson County
MILDS 26
Anoka County
MNLDS 27
Jackson County
COLDS 36
Seeding windows are based on USDA hardiness zones and NOAA frost date data. Actual timing may vary by elevation, microclimate, and specific cultivar.