One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

One way of determining when it's possible to plant chinese chives is to check out the USDA zone info for Hudson.

Planting Calendar for Chinese chives

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

Chinese chives do well in moderate cold which tells us that you can get them planted earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant chinese chives in Hudson 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 chinese chives and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your chinese chives may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your chinese chives indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Hudson. It might get as low as -15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Hudson is not always accurate the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Hudson you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your chinese chives if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Hudson

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.

Plants to Grow in Hudson

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