One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. 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 black eyed susans in Half Moon Bay should be estimated by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Black Eyed Susans

Frost tolerance for black eyed susans:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

It's probably a bad idea to plant black eyed susans until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant black eyed susans in Half Moon Bay 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 black eyed susans and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your black eyed susans may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your black eyed susans indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on January 31 in Half Moon Bay. You should expect an average low temperature of 30°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Half Moon Bay is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Half Moon Bay it frosts late in the year after January 31 be ready to cover your black eyed susans in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Half Moon Bay

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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