When to Plant Endive in Woodland, CA

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.

You can figure out when you can plant endive in Woodland by using the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Endive

Frost tolerance for endive: Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant: Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Endive do well in moderate cold which tells us that you can plant them a little bit earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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A good time to plant endive
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant endive
Probably not a good time to plant endive

The earliest that you can plant endive in Woodland is January. However, you really should wait until February if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant endive and expect a good harvest is probably October. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your endive may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your endive indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Woodland. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 25°F.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Woodland is just an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Woodland last frost occurs after February 15 be ready to cover your endive if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Woodland

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 Low25°F
Highest Expected Low30°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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