The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

The USDA zone info for Long Beach can be looked at to estimate when it's a good idea to plant chinese celery.

Planting Calendar for Chinese celery

Frost tolerance for chinese celery:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Chinese celery are barely cold tolerant which means that you can get them planted just a bit earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant chinese celery in Long Beach is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Long Beach. It might get as low as 5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Long Beach is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Long Beach you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your chinese celery in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Long Beach

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	5°F
Highest Expected Low	10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 10°F.

Plants to Grow in Long Beach

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