When to Plant Sweetscented Bedstraw in Arvin, CA

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us estimate your gardening 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 getting a good idea when you can plant sweetscented bedstraw is to examine the USDA zone info for Arvin.


Planting Calendar for Sweetscented Bedstraw

Frost tolerance for sweetscented bedstraw: Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant: Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Sweetscented Bedstraw do well in mild cold which tells us that you can plant them just a tiny bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

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

The earliest that you can plant sweetscented bedstraw in Arvin 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 sweetscented bedstraw and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your sweetscented bedstraw may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your sweetscented bedstraw indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Arvin. It might get as low as 25°F during the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Arvin is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Arvin it frosts late in the year after February 15 be ready to cover your sweetscented bedstraw in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Arvin

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)December 15
Lowest Expected Low25°F
Highest Expected Low30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

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