One of the first steps you take when you are estimating 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 nasturtium in Yucaipa should be figured out by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Nasturtium

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

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

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

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Yucaipa. It might get as low as 25°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Yucaipa may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Yucaipa you get surprised by a frost after February 15 be ready to protect your nasturtium if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Yucaipa

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.

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