When to Plant Redvein Dock in West Palm Beach, FL

Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to determine your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

It's a good idea to determine when you can plant redvein dock by looking at the USDA zone info for West Palm Beach.


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.

You can plant redvein dock a bit earlier in the year because they are one of those plants that can tolerate a tiny bit of cold weather.

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A good time to plant redvein dock
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The earliest that you can plant redvein dock in West Palm Beach 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. Any later than that and your redvein dock may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your redvein dock indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on January 31 in West Palm Beach. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 35°F.

Since the USDA zone info for West Palm Beach may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in West Palm Beach it frosts late in the year after January 31 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your redvein dock in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for West Palm Beach

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)December 15
Lowest Expected Low35°F
Highest Expected Low40°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 35°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 40°F.

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