One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate 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.

One way of figuring out when it's the best time to plant basket of gold is to examine the USDA zone info for Pico Rivera.

Planting Calendar for Basket of Gold

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

Basket of Gold do ok in a bit of cold which tells us that you can plant them quite a bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant basket of gold in Pico Rivera is January. However, you really should wait until February if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant basket of gold and expect a good harvest is probably October. Any later than that and your basket of gold may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your basket of gold indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on January 31 in Pico Rivera. You can expect an average low temperature of 35°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Pico Rivera is just an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Pico Rivera you get a frost after January 31 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your basket of gold if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Pico Rivera

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	35°F
Highest Expected Low	40°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 35°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 40°F.

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