When to Plant Endive in Royal Palm Beach, FL

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You will be able to determine when you can plant endive by looking at the USDA zone info for Royal Palm Beach.


Planting Calendar for Endive

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

Endive tend to make it in moderate cold which tells us that you can plant them a little earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Legend 
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 Royal Palm Beach 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. Any later than that and your endive may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your endive indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is January 31 in Royal Palm Beach. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 30°F.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Royal Palm Beach is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Royal Palm Beach last frost occurs after January 31 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your endive if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Royal Palm Beach

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)December 15
Lowest Expected Low30°F
Highest Expected Low35°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 30°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 35°F.

Plants to Grow in Royal Palm Beach

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