One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can determine when it's a good idea to plant baby blue eyes in Monticello by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Baby Blue Eyes

Frost tolerance for baby blue eyes:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

You can plant baby blue eyes a little earlier in the year because they do well in moderate cold.

The earliest that you can plant baby blue eyes in Monticello 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 baby blue eyes and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your baby blue eyes may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your baby blue eyes indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on March 15 in Monticello. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Monticello may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Monticello you get surprised by a frost after March 15 be ready to cover your baby blue eyes if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Monticello

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°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 15°F.

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