One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

A common way of estimating when it's possible to plant mecardonia is to look at the USDA zone info for Kennedale.

Planting Calendar for Mecardonia

Frost tolerance for mecardonia:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

You can not plant mecardonia until after all chance of frost has passed because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant mecardonia in Kennedale 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 mecardonia and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your mecardonia may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your mecardonia indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on March 15 in Kennedale. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Kennedale is not always accurate the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Kennedale there is a last frost after March 15 be ready to cover your mecardonia in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Kennedale

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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