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.

You can determine when to plant garden orache in Wickenburg by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Garden Orache

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

Since garden orache are moderately cold tolerant you can plant them a little bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant garden orache in Wickenburg is January. However, you really should wait until February 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 October. If you wait any later than that and your garden orache may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your garden orache indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Wickenburg the average date of last frost happens on February 15. It might get as low as 20°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Wickenburg 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 Wickenburg there is a last frost after February 15 be ready to protect your garden orache in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Wickenburg

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

Plants to Grow in Wickenburg

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