When to Plant Garden Orache in New Holland, PA

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

The USDA zone info for New Holland can be read to figure out when it's the best time to plant garden orache.


Planting Calendar for Garden Orache

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

You can plant garden orache a little bit earlier in the year because they do well in moderate cold.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Legend 
A good time to plant garden orache
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant garden orache
Probably not a good time to plant garden orache

The earliest that you can plant garden orache in New Holland 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 garden orache and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your garden orache may not have a chance to grow to maturity. If you are starting your garden orache indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

In New Holland the average date of last frost happens on April 15. It might get as low as -5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for New Holland may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in New Holland there is a last frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your garden orache in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for New Holland

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-5°F
Highest Expected Low0°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 0°F.

Plants to Grow in New Holland

You may be interested in your other planting guides for New Holland.