Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to determine your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The earliest that you can plant sweetscented bedstraw in Bakersfield should be determined by checking out the USDA zone info.

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 a tiny bit of cold which means that you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant sweetscented bedstraw in Bakersfield 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. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your sweetscented bedstraw may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your sweetscented bedstraw indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on February 15 in Bakersfield. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 25°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Bakersfield is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Bakersfield you get surprised by a frost after February 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your sweetscented bedstraw if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Bakersfield

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 Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°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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