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.

In Kilgore you can estimate when it's possible to plant chinese celery by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Chinese celery

Frost tolerance for chinese celery:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

You can plant chinese celery a bit earlier in the year because they are barely cold tolerant.

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

Last Frost Date

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

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Kilgore is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Kilgore last frost occurs after March 15 be ready to cover your chinese celery if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Kilgore

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 20°F.

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