When to Plant Hamburg root parsley in Pleasant Hill, IA

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 first chance to plant hamburg root parsley in Pleasant Hill can be estimated by referring to the USDA zone info.


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 are moderately cold tolerant which tells us that you can get them planted earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

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The earliest that you can plant hamburg root parsley in Pleasant Hill 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. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your hamburg root parsley indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Pleasant Hill. It might get as low as -15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Pleasant Hill is just an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Pleasant Hill it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your hamburg root parsley if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Pleasant Hill

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-15°F
Highest Expected Low-10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -10°F.

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