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.

A way of determining when it's possible to plant banana is to examine the USDA zone info for Archbold.

Planting Calendar for Banana

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

Since banana do not do well in cold weather it's important to wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant banana in Archbold 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. If you wait any later than that and your banana may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your banana indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Archbold. You can expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Archbold may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Archbold it frosts late in the year after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to cover your banana in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Archbold

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-10°F
Highest Expected Low	-5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -5°F.

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