One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

One way of figuring out when it's possible to plant indian cress is to examine the USDA zone info for Saline.

Planting Calendar for Indian cress

Frost tolerance for indian cress:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

It's probably a bad idea to plant indian cress until after the last frost because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant indian cress in Saline is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant indian cress and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your indian cress may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your indian cress indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Saline. You should expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Saline is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Saline there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to protect your indian cress in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Saline

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 Saline

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