Last frost in DC?
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Anonymous
| When do you think it is? |
Anonymous
| Mother's day to be sure. |
Anonymous
| Slight chance of snow on Friday (just sprinkles) |
Anonymous
| Isn't it around April 15 on average? |
Anonymous
| Frost date is usually early May. |
Anonymous
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May 10th in these parts. This is the "Last Chance of Frost" date, or the date after which we are reliably frost free. In warm years I have often planted early, like the 20th of April...and have often regretted it.
This year, though, if I had to bet on last night time frost I'd say late April. |
Anonymous
This. Also known as May 10th. |
Anonymous
|
Technically around the end of April.
Warm weather plants however hate cold wet soil. I plant these only in mid-May. |
Anonymous
| 4/30 inside the beltway |
Anonymous
| If you use a cloche, you can plant lettuce now in a sunny bed |
Anonymous
| ^^I have chocolate cake soil |
Anonymous
| Shut err down |
Anonymous
| In NWDC we have successfully started planting on March 17 every year. We occasionally have to cover with a frost row blanket, for a night or so, but as long as you are growing spring plants, it can work. We have a warm microclimate though, I believe. |