One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can determine when it's possible to plant mecardonia in Los Altos by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Mecardonia

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

Since mecardonia are not cold tolerant you must wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant mecardonia in Los Altos 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. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your mecardonia may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your mecardonia indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Los Altos. You can expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Los Altos may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Los Altos last frost occurs after February 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your mecardonia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Los Altos

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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