One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can determine when you can plant iceberg lettuce in South Boston by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Iceberg lettuce

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

Since iceberg lettuce do ok in moderate cold you can plant them slightly earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant iceberg lettuce in South Boston 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 iceberg lettuce and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your iceberg lettuce may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your iceberg lettuce indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in South Boston. You should expect an average low temperature of 5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for South Boston is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in South Boston there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to cover your iceberg lettuce in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for South Boston

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	5°F
Highest Expected Low	10°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 10°F.

Plants to Grow in South Boston

You may be interested in your other planting guides for South Boston.