One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out 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.

You will be able to determine when it's possible to plant celeriac by checking out the USDA zone info for Plainfield.

Planting Calendar for Celeriac

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

Celeriac are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather which means that you can get them planted earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant celeriac in Plainfield 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 celeriac and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your celeriac may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your celeriac indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Plainfield. You can expect an average low temperature of -15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Plainfield is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Plainfield there is a last frost after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your celeriac in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Plainfield

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 Plainfield

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