One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Montevallo you can determine when it's the best time to plant redvein dock by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Redvein Dock

Frost tolerance for redvein dock:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Since redvein dock are one of those plants that can tolerate a tiny bit of cold weather you can plant them slightly earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant redvein dock in Montevallo is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant redvein dock and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your redvein dock may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your redvein dock indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is March 15 in Montevallo. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Montevallo is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Montevallo you get surprised by a frost after March 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your redvein dock if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Montevallo

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.

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