One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about 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 first opportunity to plant chinese celery in Oakland can be figured out by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Chinese celery

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

Chinese celery do ok in moderate cold which tells us that you can plant them slightly earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant chinese celery in Oakland 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 chinese celery and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your chinese celery may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your chinese celery indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on January 31 in Oakland. It might get as low as 30°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Oakland is just an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Oakland you get surprised by a frost after January 31 so always be ready to protect your chinese celery in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Oakland

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	30°F
Highest Expected Low	35°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 30°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 35°F.

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