One of the first steps you take when you are estimating 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 opportunity to plant garden orache in Litchfield should be estimated by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Garden Orache

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

You can plant garden orache a little bit earlier in the year because they are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant garden orache in Litchfield 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 garden orache and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your garden orache may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your garden orache indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Litchfield. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -10°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Litchfield is not always accurate the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Litchfield there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to protect your garden orache if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Litchfield

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-10°F
Highest Expected Low	-5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -5°F.

Plants to Grow in Litchfield

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