When to Plant Garden Orache in Milton, WA

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the 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 way of determining when you can plant garden orache is to refer to the USDA zone info for Milton.


Planting Calendar for Garden Orache

Frost tolerance for garden orache: Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant: Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Garden Orache are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather which tells us that you can plant them a little bit earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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A good time to plant garden orache
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant garden orache
Probably not a good time to plant garden orache

The earliest that you can plant garden orache in Milton 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 garden orache and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your garden orache may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your garden orache indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Milton the average date of last frost happens on March 15. You can expect an average low temperature of 15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Milton is just an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Milton there is a last frost after March 15 be ready to cover your garden orache in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Milton

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 Low15°F
Highest Expected Low20°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.

Plants to Grow in Milton

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