Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can figure out when it's a good idea to plant celeriac in Cerritos by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Celeriac

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

Celeriac tend to make it in moderate cold which tells us that you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant celeriac in Cerritos 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 celeriac and expect a good harvest is probably October. Any later than that and your celeriac may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your celeriac indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on January 31 in Cerritos. You can expect an average low temperature of 35°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Cerritos may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Cerritos last frost occurs after January 31 be ready to cover your celeriac if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Cerritos

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	35°F
Highest Expected Low	40°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 35°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 40°F.

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