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.

One way of determining when you can plant garden cress is to look at the USDA zone info for El Paso.

Planting Calendar for Garden cress

Frost tolerance for garden cress:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Garden cress do not do well in cold weather which means that you have to wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant garden cress in El Paso is April. However, you really should wait until May 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 August. Any later than that and your garden cress may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your garden cress indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is March 15 in El Paso. You can expect an average low temperature of 10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for El Paso may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in El Paso there is a last frost after March 15 be ready to cover your garden cress if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for El Paso

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°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 15°F.

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