One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

By using the USDA zone info for Sunnyside it's a good idea to figure out when it's a good idea to plant chinese celery.

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.

Since chinese celery are barely cold tolerant you can plant them slightly earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant chinese celery in Sunnyside 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. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else 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

In Sunnyside the average date of last frost happens on April 15. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 0°F.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Sunnyside is just an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Sunnyside last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your chinese celery in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Sunnyside

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°F

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

Plants to Grow in Sunnyside

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Sunnyside.