One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the 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.

The first opportunity to plant chinese celery in Colorado City can be estimated by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Chinese celery

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

Chinese celery do ok in moderate cold which means that you can plant them slightly earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant chinese celery in Colorado City 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 chinese celery and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your chinese celery may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your chinese celery indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Colorado City is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Colorado City you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to cover your chinese celery if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Colorado City

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

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

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