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Growing Danvers 126 in Zone 7b
Daucus carota
✓ Well Suited for Zone 7b
Score: 100/100
🌡️ USDA Hardiness Zone 7b
Mild Continental/Transition
USDA 2023 Verified
Growing Season
190-220 days
Winter Minimum
5°F to 10°F
(-15.0°C to -12.2°C)
AHS Heat Zone 5-9
31 to 45 heat days per year • Moderate heat stress
Typical regions: New York City, Philadelphia PA, Nashville TN, North Texas, Washington DC
📊 Data Source:
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 • Frost dates from NOAA station USW00094789 • Last verified: 1/22/2026
✓ Zone Compatibility Analysis
high confidenceExcellent match: 70 days to maturity with 150 days buffer in 220-day season.
Recommendation: Direct sowing and transplanting both viable. Excellent fit for this zone.
💾 Suitability computed by Solara Agricultural Intelligence Platform
📅 Zone 7b Planting Calendar for Danvers 126
🌱 Start Seeds Indoors
March 12
✓ Database-computed optimal date
🪴 Transplant Outdoors
April 30
✓ Database-computed optimal date
🌾 Direct Sow (Alternative)
2 weeks after last frost
For warm-season crops
🥕 Expected Harvest
July 9
💡 Zone 7b Growing Tips
- • Growing season: 190-220 frost-free days
- • Excellent match for this zone - both direct sowing and transplanting work well
- • Monitor soil temperature before transplanting (minimum 55-60°F for most crops)
⚠️ Zone 7b Challenges
⚠️Summer heat and humidity
⚠️Occasional ice storms
⚠️Drought periods
✅ Best Plants for Zone 7b
✓Long-season vegetables
✓Figs
✓Muscadine grapes
✓Crepe myrtles
❄️ Winter in Zone 7b
Mild winters with lows reaching 5°F to 10°F.
☀️ Summer in Zone 7b
Hot, often humid summers with long growing season.
🔥 Heat Management for AHS Zone 5-9
This zone experiences 31 to 45 heat days per year with moderate heat stress.
🌡️Regular mulching
🌡️Drip irrigation
🌡️Afternoon shade for heat-sensitive plants
Source: American Horticultural Society
📊 Danvers 126 Quick Facts
Days to Maturity
60-80
Difficulty
intermediate
Season
summer
Type
OP
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