When to Plant Crassula in Pleasantville, NJ

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

One way of determining when it's possible to plant crassula is to use the USDA zone info for Pleasantville.


Planting Calendar for Crassula

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

Crassula are not cold tolerant which means that you must wait until it warms up after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

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

The earliest that you can plant crassula in Pleasantville 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 crassula and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your crassula may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your crassula indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Pleasantville. It might get as low as 0°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Pleasantville is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Pleasantville last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to cover your crassula if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Pleasantville

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 Low0°F
Highest Expected Low5°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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