Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden 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 Crescent City can be looked at to determine when you can plant broccoli.

Planting Calendar for Broccoli

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

Broccoli are moderately cold tolerant which means that you can get them planted earlier than other frost tender plants.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on February 15 in Crescent City. You can expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Crescent City may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Crescent City it frosts late in the year after February 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your broccoli in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Crescent City

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

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