Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

It's a good idea to determine when it's possible to plant mecardonia by referring to the USDA zone info for Placerville.

Planting Calendar for Mecardonia

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

It's probably a bad idea to plant mecardonia until after the last frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant mecardonia in Placerville 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. If you wait any later than that and your mecardonia may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your mecardonia indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on February 15 in Placerville. You should expect an average low temperature of 20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Placerville is an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Placerville it frosts late in the year after February 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your mecardonia in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Placerville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

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