Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to determine your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You should be able to estimate when it's a good idea to plant dallas fern by checking out the USDA zone info for Lomita.

Planting Calendar for Dallas Fern

Frost tolerance for dallas fern:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

Dallas Fern are not cold tolerant which tells us that it is important to wait until it warms up after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant dallas fern in Lomita 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 dallas fern and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your dallas fern may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your dallas fern indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Lomita is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Lomita it frosts late in the year after January 31 so just be sure to be ready to cover your dallas fern if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Lomita

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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