One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A common way of making a decision about when it's a good idea to plant asparagus lettuce is to check out the USDA zone info for Glendale.

Planting Calendar for Asparagus lettuce

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

Since asparagus lettuce are not cold tolerant it's necessary to wait until after the last frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant asparagus lettuce in Glendale 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. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your asparagus lettuce may not have a chance to really do well. 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 Glendale. You can expect an average low temperature of 30°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that the actual date of last frost is an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Glendale and it will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Glendale you get surprised by a frost after January 31 be ready to protect your asparagus lettuce in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Glendale

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.

Plants to Grow in Glendale

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