One of the first steps you take when you are determining 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.

You can figure out when it's the best time to plant dallas fern in Los Gatos by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Dallas Fern

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

Dallas Fern require warm weather which means 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 Los Gatos 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 dallas fern and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your dallas fern may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your dallas fern indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Los Gatos may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Los Gatos it frosts late in the year after February 15 be ready to protect your dallas fern if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Los Gatos

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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