The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The USDA zone info for Alameda can be reffered to in order to determine when it's a good idea to plant garden orache.

Planting Calendar for Garden Orache

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

Garden Orache do ok in moderate cold which means that you can plant them a little bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant garden orache in Alameda 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 fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your garden orache indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is January 31 in Alameda. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 30°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Alameda is not always accurate the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Alameda last frost occurs after January 31 so make sure that you are ready to cover your garden orache in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Alameda

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	30°F
Highest Expected Low	35°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 30°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 35°F.

Plants to Grow in Alameda

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