When to Plant Tritoma in Greenwood, AR

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.

You can estimate when it's the best time to plant tritoma in Greenwood by checking out the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Tritoma

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

You can plant tritoma quite a bit earlier in the year because they are one of those plants that can tolerate quite a bit of cold weather.

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

The earliest that you can plant tritoma in Greenwood 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 tritoma and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your tritoma may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your tritoma indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Greenwood. You can expect an average low temperature of 5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Greenwood 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 Greenwood you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your tritoma in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Greenwood

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low5°F
Highest Expected Low10°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 10°F.

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