When to Plant Gomphrena in Hibbing, MN

One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about your gardening schedule is find your 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.

You can estimate when it's possible to plant gomphrena in Hibbing by checking out the USDA zone info.

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Planting Calendar for Gomphrena

Frost tolerance for gomphrena: Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant: Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Since gomphrena are one of those plants that can tolerate a tiny bit of cold weather you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

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The earliest that you can plant gomphrena in Hibbing 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 gomphrena and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your gomphrena may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your gomphrena indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on May 15 in Hibbing. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -35°F.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Hibbing is an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Hibbing there is a last frost after May 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your gomphrena if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Hibbing

Here is the info for USDA Zone 3b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)May 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)September 15
Lowest Expected Low-35°F
Highest Expected Low-30°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 -30°F.

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