When to Plant Chervil in Belton, MO

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

It's a good idea to determine when it's the best time to plant chervil by reviewing the USDA zone info for Belton.


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.

Chervil do ok in moderate cold which means that you can plant them slightly earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

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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 Belton 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 really do well. 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 Belton. You can expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Belton is an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Belton you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to cover your chervil in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Belton

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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