Vegetable | Minimum (°F) | Optimum Range (°F) | Optimum (°F) | Maximum (°F) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Asparagus | 50 | 60-85 | 75 | 95 |
Bean | 60 | 60-85 | 80 | 95 |
Bean, Lima | 60 | 65-85 | 85 | 85 |
Beet | 40 | 50-85 | 85 | 95 |
Cabbage | 40 | 45-95 | 85 | 100 |
Carrot | 40 | 45-85 | 80 | 95 |
Cauliflower | 40 | 45-85 | 80 | 100 |
Celery | 40 | 60-70 | 70² | 85² |
Chard, Swiss | 40 | 50-85 | 85 | 95 |
Corn | 50 | 60-95 | 95 | 105 |
Cucumber | 60 | 60-95 | 95 | 105 |
Eggplant | 60 | 75-90 | 85 | 95 |
Lettuce | 35 | 40-80 | 75 | 85 |
Muskmelon | 60 | 75-95 | 95 | 100 |
Okra | 60 | 70-95 | 95 | 105 |
Onion | 35 | 50-95 | 75 | 95 |
Parsley | 40 | 50-85 | 75 | 90 |
Parsnip | 35 | 50-70 | 65 | 85 |
Pea | 40 | 40-75 | 75 | 85 |
Pepper | 60 | 65-95 | 85 | 95 |
Pumpkin | 60 | 70-90 | 90 | 100 |
Radish | 40 | 45-90 | 85 | 95 |
Spinach | 35 | 45-75 | 70 | 85 |
Squash | 60 | 70-95 | 95 | 100 |
Tomato | 50 | 60-85 | 85 | 95 |
Turnip | 40 | 60-105 | 85 | 105 |
Watermelon | 60 | 70-95 | 95 | 105 |
Compiled by J. F. Harrington, Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis.