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

In Pascagoula you can determine when it's possible to plant garlic by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Garlic

Frost tolerance for garlic:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

You can plant garlic a lot earlier in the year because they are very cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant garlic in Pascagoula is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant garlic and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your garlic may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your garlic indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Pascagoula. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 15°F.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Pascagoula may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Pascagoula there is a last frost after March 15 be ready to cover your garlic if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Pascagoula

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 20°F.

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