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.

The USDA zone info for De Witt can be reviewed to determine when you can plant hamburg root parsley.

Planting Calendar for Hamburg root parsley

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

Hamburg root parsley do well in moderate cold which means that you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant hamburg root parsley in De Witt 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 hamburg root parsley and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your hamburg root parsley may not have a chance to fully mature. Starting your hamburg root parsley indoors is a great way to get them started a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in De Witt. You should expect an average low temperature of -20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for De Witt is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in De Witt you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your hamburg root parsley in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for De Witt

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-20°F
Highest Expected Low	-15°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -15°F.

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