When to Plant Sweet Potato Vine in Malvern, AR

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

The USDA zone info for Malvern should be reviewed to determine when it's possible to plant sweet potato vine.


Planting Calendar for Sweet Potato Vine

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

It's probably a bad idea to plant sweet potato vine until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they do not do well in cold weather.

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A good time to plant sweet potato vine
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant sweet potato vine
Probably not a good time to plant sweet potato vine

The earliest that you can plant sweet potato vine in Malvern 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 sweet potato vine and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your sweet potato vine may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your sweet potato vine indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Malvern. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 5°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Malvern may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Malvern you get a frost after April 15 be ready to cover your sweet potato vine if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Malvern

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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