One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You should be able to determine when to plant garden cress by reviewing the USDA zone info for El Campo.

Planting Calendar for Garden cress

Frost tolerance for garden cress:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

Since garden cress require warm weather you must wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant garden cress in El Campo 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 garden cress and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your garden cress may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your garden cress indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in El Campo. It might get as low as 20°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for El Campo is not always accurate the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in El Campo you get surprised by a frost after February 15 so always be ready to protect your garden cress if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for El Campo

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

Plants to Grow in El Campo

You may be interested in your other planting guides for El Campo.