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

You can estimate when it's the best time to plant garden cress in Irving by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Garden cress

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

It's a bad idea to plant garden cress until after the last frost because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant garden cress in Irving 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. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your garden cress may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your garden cress indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on March 15 in Irving. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 10°F.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Irving is an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Irving it frosts late in the year after March 15 be ready to protect your garden cress if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Irving

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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