One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine 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.

It's possible to figure out when you can plant nicotiana by looking at the USDA zone info for Yuma.

Planting Calendar for Nicotiana

Frost tolerance for nicotiana:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

You really shouldn't plant nicotiana until after the last frost has passed because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant nicotiana in Yuma 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 nicotiana and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your nicotiana may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your nicotiana indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is January 31 in Yuma. It might get as low as 30°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Yuma is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Yuma last frost occurs after January 31 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your nicotiana if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Yuma

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	30°F
Highest Expected Low	35°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 30°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 35°F.

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