One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate 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.

You can determine when it's possible to plant indian cress in Twin Lakes by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Indian cress

Frost tolerance for indian cress:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

Since indian cress are not cold tolerant it's important to wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant indian cress in Twin Lakes is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant indian cress and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your indian cress may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your indian cress indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Twin Lakes. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -15°F.

Remember that USDA zone info for Twin Lakes is an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Twin Lakes it frosts late in the year after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your indian cress if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Twin Lakes

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

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

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