When to Plant Garden Orache in Omaha, NE

One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about 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.

In Omaha you can figure out when it's possible to plant garden orache by checking out the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Garden Orache

Frost tolerance for garden orache: Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant: Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Since garden orache are moderately cold tolerant you can plant them a little earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

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A good time to plant garden orache
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant garden orache
Probably not a good time to plant garden orache

The earliest that you can plant garden orache in Omaha 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 garden orache and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your garden orache may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your garden orache indoors is a great way to get them started a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Omaha. You can expect an average low temperature of -15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Omaha is not always accurate the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Omaha you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your garden orache in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Omaha

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-15°F
Highest Expected Low-10°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 -10°F.

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