Saturday, December 30, 2006

Frost & Freeze Occurence Dates for DeLand

Very useful information....

Temp.

Spring Date

Fall Date

Probability Level

Probability Level

Station

Threshold

90%

50%

10%

10%

50%

90%

Deland

32

Jan 21

Feb 19

Mar 21

Nov 13

Dec 10

Jan 06

28

-

Jan 28

Mar 03

Nov 30

Jan 04

-


So, planting any frost-tender plants before the third week of January seems risky at best. If you wanted to be pretty sure, you'd wait until the beginning of March. In the fall, you'd want to aim to harvest any tender crops before the end of the first week of December.

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