When to Plant Indian cress in Boonville, MO

One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can determine when it's a good idea to plant indian cress in Boonville by reviewing the USDA zone info.

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Planting Calendar for Indian cress

Frost tolerance for indian cress: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

Since indian cress do not do well in cold weather you have to wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

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A good time to plant indian cress
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The earliest that you can plant indian cress in Boonville 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. If you wait any later than that and your indian cress may not have a chance to grow to maturity. 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 Boonville. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -10°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Boonville is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Boonville it frosts late in the year after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your indian cress if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Boonville

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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