In Delaware, the soil is generally workable for a spring cover crop planting once you’re past the last spring frost window, typically the week of April 3…

Cover crops in Connecticut go into the ground once soil temperature, not the calendar, says the risk of frost has passed, and they come out mechanically…

Cover crops go into Colorado soil once the ground itself has warmed, not on a fixed calendar date, and they come out most easily by mowing, crimping, or…

In coastal and Southern California, the search for a “last frost date” comes up empty: NOAA’s 30-year record shows zero days at or below 32°F.

In coastal British Columbia, cover crops go into the ground once the soil itself has warmed, not on a fixed date circled on the calendar.

Arkansas gardeners can start seeding cover crops from mid-March through late fall, but the real trigger isn’t the calendar.

In most of Arizona, cover crops don’t wait for a killing frost, because there often isn’t one.

Alberta’s cover-crop calendar runs on a short, cold-edged window: sow after the soil has warmed past the average last frost near May 21, and plan…

Anchorage’s cover-crop window opens once the soil itself warms, which lags a week or two behind the last frost date.

In Alabama, cover crops go into ground once soil temperature climbs into the workable range for the species you’re planting, which lands roughly two to…