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When to Plant Sanvitalia in Grover Beach, CA

Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden 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 making a decision about when it's possible to plant sanvitalia is to refer to the USDA zone info for Grover Beach.


Planting Calendar for Sanvitalia

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

Sanvitalia do ok in moderate cold which means that you can get them planted just a bit earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

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The earliest that you can plant sanvitalia in Grover Beach 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 sanvitalia and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your sanvitalia may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your sanvitalia 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 when the weather gets warmer is on January 31 in Grover Beach. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 30°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Grover Beach is not always accurate the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Grover Beach there is a last frost after January 31 be ready to protect your sanvitalia if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Grover Beach

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 Low30°F
Highest Expected Low35°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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