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When to Plant Romaine lettuce in East Palestine, OH

Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In East Palestine you can estimate when it's a good idea to plant romaine lettuce by looking at the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Romaine lettuce

Frost tolerance for romaine lettuce: Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant: Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Romaine lettuce do ok in pretty solid cold which tells us that you can plant them earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

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

The earliest that you can plant romaine lettuce in East Palestine 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 romaine lettuce and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your romaine lettuce may not have a chance to grow to maturity. Starting your romaine lettuce indoors is a great way to get them started a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in East Palestine. You should expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for East Palestine is an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in East Palestine last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your romaine lettuce in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for East Palestine

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

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

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

Plants to Grow in East Palestine

You may be interested in your other planting guides for East Palestine.