One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out 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 indian cress in Sausalito by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Indian cress

Frost tolerance for indian cress:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

You can not plant indian cress until after the last frost because they require warm weather.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on January 31 in Sausalito. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 30°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Sausalito is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Sausalito you get a frost after January 31 so just be sure to be ready to protect your indian cress if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Sausalito

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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