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

It's a good idea to determine when it's a good idea to plant garlic by referring to the USDA zone info for Schuylkill Haven.

Planting Calendar for Garlic

Frost tolerance for garlic:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Garlic do ok in pretty solid cold which means that you can plant them quite a bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant garlic in Schuylkill Haven is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant garlic and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your garlic may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your garlic indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Schuylkill Haven. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Schuylkill Haven is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Schuylkill Haven last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to cover your garlic in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Schuylkill Haven

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 Low	0°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.

Plants to Grow in Schuylkill Haven

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