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

A common way of making a decision about when it's possible to plant sweet potatos is to look at the USDA zone info for Orange Beach.

Planting Calendar for Sweet Potatos

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

It's probably a bad idea to plant sweet potatos until after the last frost has passed because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant sweet potatos in Orange Beach is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant sweet potatos and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your sweet potatos may not have a chance to grow to maturity. Starting your sweet potatos indoors is a great way to get them started a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Orange Beach. It might get as low as 20°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Orange Beach is not always accurate the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Orange Beach you get a frost after February 15 be ready to protect your sweet potatos if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Orange Beach

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

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