The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Kalamazoo you can determine when it's a good idea to plant garden orache 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.

Garden Orache do ok in some cold which means that you can plant them just a bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant garden orache in Kalamazoo 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. Any later than that and your garden orache may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your garden orache indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Kalamazoo. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Kalamazoo is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Kalamazoo it frosts late in the year after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your garden orache in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Kalamazoo

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 Kalamazoo

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