One of the first steps you take when you are determining 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 redvein dock in Fort Meade should be determined by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Redvein Dock

Frost tolerance for redvein dock:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Redvein Dock are barely cold tolerant which tells us that you can get them planted just a bit earlier than other frost tender plants.

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

Last Frost Date

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

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Fort Meade is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Fort Meade it frosts late in the year after February 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your redvein dock in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Fort Meade

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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