One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Aliso Viejo you can figure out when it's a good idea to plant asparagus lettuce by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Asparagus lettuce

Frost tolerance for asparagus lettuce:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

It's probably a bad idea to plant asparagus lettuce until after the last frost because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant asparagus lettuce in Aliso Viejo 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 asparagus lettuce and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your asparagus lettuce may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your asparagus lettuce indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on January 31 in Aliso Viejo. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 30°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Aliso Viejo is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Aliso Viejo there is a last frost after January 31 be ready to cover your asparagus lettuce in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Aliso Viejo

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.

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