Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to determine your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can estimate when you can plant dallas fern in Flushing by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Dallas Fern

Frost tolerance for dallas fern:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

It's a bad idea to plant dallas fern until after the last frost because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant dallas fern in Flushing is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant dallas fern and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your dallas fern may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your dallas fern indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Flushing. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Flushing may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Flushing last frost occurs after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your dallas fern if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Flushing

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-10°F
Highest Expected Low	-5°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 -5°F.

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