Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

One way of figuring out when it's possible to plant blue throatwort is to examine the USDA zone info for Berlin.

Planting Calendar for Blue Throatwort

Frost tolerance for blue throatwort:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

Since blue throatwort are not cold tolerant it's important to wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

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

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Berlin. It might get as low as 0°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Berlin is just an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Berlin you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your blue throatwort in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Berlin

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°F

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

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