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.

In Collegedale you can estimate when it's possible to plant chinese celery by referring to the USDA zone info.

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 do ok in mild cold which means that you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant chinese celery in Collegedale 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. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else 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

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Collegedale. It might get as low as 5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Collegedale is an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Collegedale you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so always be ready to protect your chinese celery in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Collegedale

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.

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