When to Plant Endive in Dobbs Ferry, NY

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

By referring to the USDA zone info for Dobbs Ferry it's a good idea to determine when it's possible to plant endive.


Planting Calendar for Endive

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

Endive can survive in mild cold which tells us that you can plant them a little bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

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

The earliest that you can plant endive in Dobbs Ferry 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 endive and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your endive may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your endive indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Dobbs Ferry. You can expect an average low temperature of 0°F in the coldest months of winter.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Dobbs Ferry is an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Dobbs Ferry you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your endive if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Dobbs Ferry

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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