When to Plant Romaine lettuce in Brigham City, UT

Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You will be able to estimate when it's a good idea to plant romaine lettuce by reviewing the USDA zone info for Brigham City.


Planting Calendar for Romaine lettuce

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

Romaine lettuce do well in quite a bit of cold which tells us that you can plant them quite a bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

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A good time to plant romaine lettuce
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant romaine lettuce
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The earliest that you can plant romaine lettuce in Brigham City is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant romaine lettuce and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your romaine lettuce may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your romaine lettuce indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Brigham City. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Brigham City is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Brigham City there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to protect your romaine lettuce in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Brigham City

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-5°F
Highest Expected Low0°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 0°F.

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