The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The USDA zone info for Moorpark can be used to estimate when it's the best time to plant cigar plant.

Planting Calendar for Cigar Plant

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

It's probably not a good idea to plant cigar plant until after all chance of frost has passed because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant cigar plant in Moorpark 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 cigar plant and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your cigar plant may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your cigar plant indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Moorpark. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 25°F.

Remember that USDA zone info for Moorpark is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Moorpark it frosts late in the year after February 15 be ready to protect your cigar plant if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Moorpark

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.

Plants to Grow in Moorpark

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