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.

The best time to plant redvein dock in Marina can be figured out by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Redvein Dock

Frost tolerance for redvein dock:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Redvein Dock do ok in very little cold which means that you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant redvein dock in Marina 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 redvein dock and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your redvein dock may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your redvein dock indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Marina may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Marina you get surprised by a frost after February 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your redvein dock if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Marina

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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