One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can figure out when to plant polygonums in Morgan Hill by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Polygonums

Frost tolerance for polygonums:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

You can not plant polygonums until after all chance of frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant polygonums in Morgan Hill is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant polygonums and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your polygonums may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your polygonums indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on February 15 in Morgan Hill. It might get as low as 25°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Morgan Hill is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Morgan Hill you get surprised by a frost after February 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your polygonums in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Morgan Hill

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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