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

A way of determining when it's a good idea to plant romaine lettuce is to examine the USDA zone info for De Queen.

Planting Calendar for Romaine lettuce

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

Romaine lettuce can survive in cold weather which tells us that you can plant them earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant romaine lettuce in De Queen 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 romaine lettuce and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your romaine lettuce may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your romaine lettuce indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on March 15 in De Queen. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for De Queen may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in De Queen you get surprised by a frost after March 15 be ready to protect your romaine lettuce in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for De Queen

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.

Plants to Grow in De Queen

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