One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You should be able to figure out when you can plant dallas fern by looking at the USDA zone info for Taylor.

Planting Calendar for Dallas Fern

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

It's a bad idea to plant dallas fern until after all chance of frost has passed because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant dallas fern in Taylor 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 dallas fern and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your dallas fern may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your dallas fern indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Taylor. You can expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Taylor may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Taylor there is a last frost after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your dallas fern if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Taylor

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.

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