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.

The first chance to plant strawberries in Harlingen can be figured out by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Strawberries

Frost tolerance for strawberries:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Since strawberries do well in cold you can plant them a lot earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant strawberries in Harlingen is January. However, you really should wait until February if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant strawberries and expect a good harvest is probably October. If you wait any later than that and your strawberries may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your strawberries indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Harlingen. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 25°F.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Harlingen is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Harlingen it frosts late in the year after February 15 be ready to cover your strawberries if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Harlingen

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

Plants to Grow in Harlingen

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Harlingen.