One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about 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.

By looking at the USDA zone info for Marathon it's a good idea to estimate when it's the best time to plant garden orache.

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 do well in moderate cold you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant garden orache in Marathon 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 November. If you wait any later than that and your garden orache may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your garden orache indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Marathon it never frosts. It might get as low as 45°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Marathon is an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since it never frosts in Marathon you do not have to be ready to cover your garden orache if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Marathon

Here is the info for USDA Zone 11b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	Never
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	Never
Lowest Expected Low	45°F
Highest Expected Low	50°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 45°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 50°F.

Plants to Grow in Marathon

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Marathon.