One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A way of figuring out when you can plant garlic is to look at the USDA zone info for Pleasant Grove.

Planting Calendar for Garlic

Frost tolerance for garlic:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Garlic do well in cold which tells us that you can plant them a quite a bit earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant garlic in Pleasant Grove is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant garlic and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your garlic may not have a chance to grow to maturity. If you are starting your garlic indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on March 15 in Pleasant Grove. You can expect an average low temperature of 10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Pleasant Grove is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Pleasant Grove there is a last frost after March 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your garlic in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Pleasant Grove

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 15°F.

Plants to Grow in Pleasant Grove

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Pleasant Grove.