When to Plant Baby Blue Eyes in Homestead, FL

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

It's a good idea to determine when it's possible to plant baby blue eyes by checking out the USDA zone info for Homestead.

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Planting Calendar for Baby Blue Eyes

Frost tolerance for baby blue eyes: Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant: Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

You can plant baby blue eyes a little bit earlier in the year because they do well in moderate cold.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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A good time to plant baby blue eyes
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant baby blue eyes
Probably not a good time to plant baby blue eyes

The earliest that you can plant baby blue eyes in Homestead is January. However, you really should wait until February if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant baby blue eyes and expect a good harvest is probably October. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your baby blue eyes may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your baby blue eyes indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on January 31 in Homestead. You can expect an average low temperature of 35°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Homestead is an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Homestead it frosts late in the year after January 31 so make sure that you are ready to protect your baby blue eyes if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Homestead

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)December 15
Lowest Expected Low35°F
Highest Expected Low40°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 35°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 40°F.

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