When to Plant Garden Orache in Huntington, WV

One of the first steps you take when you are estimating your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The first chance to plant garden orache in Huntington can be estimated by referring to the USDA zone info.

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Planting Calendar for Garden Orache

Frost tolerance for garden orache: Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant: Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

You can plant garden orache a little bit earlier in the year because they are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather.

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A good time to plant garden orache
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant garden orache
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The earliest that you can plant garden orache in Huntington 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 garden orache and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your garden orache may not have a chance to fully mature. If you are starting your garden orache indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Huntington. You can expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that the actual date of last frost is an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Huntington and it changes from year to year. Half of the time in Huntington it frosts late in the year after April 15 so be sure to be ready to cover your garden orache if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Huntington

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 Low0°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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