The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us figure out your gardening 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 it's the best time to plant garden cress by using the USDA zone info for Lincolnshire.

Planting Calendar for Garden cress

Frost tolerance for garden cress:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

You really shouldn't plant garden cress until after all chance of frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant garden cress in Lincolnshire is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant garden cress and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your garden cress may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your garden cress indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Lincolnshire. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -15°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Lincolnshire is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Lincolnshire you get a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your garden cress in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Lincolnshire

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.

Plants to Grow in Lincolnshire

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