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 first opportunity to plant chervil in Carlsbad should be figured out by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Chervil

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

Chervil tend to make it in very little cold which means that you can plant them just a tiny bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant chervil in Carlsbad 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 chervil and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your chervil may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your chervil indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on January 31 in Carlsbad. You can expect an average low temperature of 30°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Carlsbad is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Carlsbad it frosts late in the year after January 31 be ready to protect your chervil in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Carlsbad

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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