The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can estimate when you can plant twinspur in Carpinteria by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Twinspur

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

Twinspur tend to make it in some cold which tells us that you can plant them a little bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant twinspur in Carpinteria is January. However, you really should wait until February if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant twinspur and expect a good harvest is probably October. If you wait any later than that and your twinspur may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your twinspur indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on January 31 in Carpinteria. You can expect an average low temperature of 30°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Carpinteria is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Carpinteria it frosts late in the year after January 31 be ready to cover your twinspur if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Carpinteria

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.

Plants to Grow in Carpinteria

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