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.

One way of making a decision about when it's a good idea to plant garden cress is to consult the USDA zone info for Egg Harbor City.

Planting Calendar for Garden cress

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

Garden cress require warm weather which means that you really should wait until it warms up after the last frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant garden cress in Egg Harbor City 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 garden cress and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your garden cress may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your garden cress indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Egg Harbor City. It might get as low as -5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Remember that the actual date of last frost may not be accurate from year to year because it is based on the USDA zone info for Egg Harbor City and it will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Egg Harbor City it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your garden cress if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Egg Harbor City

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-5°F
Highest Expected Low	0°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 0°F.

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