Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. 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 figure out when it's possible to plant spinach by looking at the USDA zone info for Alexandria.

Planting Calendar for Spinach

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

Spinach do well in mild cold which means that you can plant them a little earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Alexandria. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -15°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Alexandria may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Alexandria last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your spinach if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Alexandria

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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