One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can estimate when you can plant garden orache in Edgewater by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Garden Orache

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

Since garden orache are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather you can plant them a little earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on February 15 in Edgewater. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 25°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Edgewater may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Edgewater it frosts late in the year after February 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your garden orache if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Edgewater

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.

Plants to Grow in Edgewater

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