The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us estimate 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 Eureka can be used to figure out when you can plant mecardonia.

Planting Calendar for Mecardonia

Frost tolerance for mecardonia:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

You can not plant mecardonia until after all chance of frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant mecardonia in Eureka is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on February 15 in Eureka. It might get as low as 25°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Eureka is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Eureka you get a frost after February 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your mecardonia if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Eureka

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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