When to Plant Chervil in Frostburg, MD

One of the first steps you take when you are determining 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.

It's possible to estimate when to plant chervil by checking out the USDA zone info for Frostburg.


Planting Calendar for Chervil

Frost tolerance for chervil: Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant: Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

You can plant chervil slightly earlier in the year because they do ok in moderate cold.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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A good time to plant chervil
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant chervil
Probably not a good time to plant chervil

The earliest that you can plant chervil in Frostburg is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant chervil and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your chervil may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your chervil indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Frostburg. You should expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Frostburg may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Frostburg it frosts late in the year after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your chervil in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Frostburg

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-5°F
Highest Expected Low0°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 0°F.

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