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 De Soto you can figure out when it's the best time to plant celery by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Celery

Frost tolerance for celery:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Celery are barely cold tolerant which tells us that you can plant them slightly earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant celery in De Soto 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 celery and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your celery may not have a chance to fully mature. Starting your celery indoors is a great way to get them started a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for De Soto is not always accurate the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in De Soto it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your celery if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for De Soto

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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