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 will be able to estimate when you can plant radicchio by referring to the USDA zone info for Fanwood.

Planting Calendar for Radicchio

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

You can plant radicchio a little earlier in the year because they do well in moderate cold.

The earliest that you can plant radicchio in Fanwood 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 radicchio and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your radicchio may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your radicchio indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Fanwood. You should expect an average low temperature of 0°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Fanwood is an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Fanwood there is a last frost after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your radicchio if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Fanwood

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 0°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 5°F.

Plants to Grow in Fanwood

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Fanwood.