The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Alcoa you can determine when you can plant iceberg lettuce by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Iceberg lettuce

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

Iceberg lettuce tend to make it in very little cold which tells us that you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant iceberg lettuce in Alcoa 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 iceberg lettuce and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your iceberg lettuce may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your iceberg lettuce indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Alcoa is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Alcoa you get a frost after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your iceberg lettuce if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Alcoa

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 Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°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.

Plants to Grow in Alcoa

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