One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out 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 Palisades Park you can determine when it's a good idea to plant painted tongues by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Painted Tongues

Frost tolerance for painted tongues:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

Painted Tongues are not cold tolerant which means that it's important to wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant painted tongues in Palisades Park is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Palisades Park. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 0°F.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Palisades Park is an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Palisades Park last frost occurs after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to cover your painted tongues if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Palisades Park

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.

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