When to Plant Banana in Mountain Grove, MO

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A way of determining when it's a good idea to plant banana is to look at the USDA zone info for Mountain Grove.

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Planting Calendar for Banana

Frost tolerance for banana: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After the last frost has passed.

Since banana are not cold tolerant it is necessary to wait until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer before you can plant them.

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A good time to plant banana
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant banana
Probably not a good time to plant banana

The earliest that you can plant banana in Mountain Grove 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 banana and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your banana may not have a chance to grow to maturity. Starting your banana indoors is a great way to get them started a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

In Mountain Grove the average date of last frost happens on April 15. You should expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Mountain Grove is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Mountain Grove there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to protect your banana in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Mountain Grove

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-5°F
Highest Expected Low0°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 0°F.

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