One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out 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.

In Aberdeen you can figure out when to plant chinese celery by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Chinese celery

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

Chinese celery are one of those plants that can tolerate a tiny bit of cold weather which tells us that you can get them planted just a bit earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant chinese celery in Aberdeen 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 chinese celery and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your chinese celery may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your chinese celery indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is March 15 in Aberdeen. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Aberdeen may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Aberdeen there is a last frost after March 15 be ready to cover your chinese celery if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Aberdeen

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°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 15°F.

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