Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Eden Prairie you can determine when it's possible to plant sorrel by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Sorrel

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

Sorrel do well in moderate cold which tells us that you can plant them a little earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant sorrel in Eden Prairie 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 sorrel and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your sorrel may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your sorrel indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on May 15 in Eden Prairie. You should expect an average low temperature of -25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Eden Prairie is an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Eden Prairie last frost occurs after May 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your sorrel if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Eden Prairie

Here is the info for USDA Zone 4b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	May 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	September 15
Lowest Expected Low	-25°F
Highest Expected Low	-20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -20°F.

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