When to Plant Buddha belly plant in Sebastopol, CA

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate 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.

The earliest that you can plant buddha belly plant in Sebastopol should be figured out by looking at the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Buddha belly plant

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

It's a bad idea to plant buddha belly plant until after the last frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

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A good time to plant buddha belly plant
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The earliest that you can plant buddha belly plant in Sebastopol 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 buddha belly plant and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your buddha belly plant may not have a chance to fully mature. If you are starting your buddha belly plant indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on February 15 in Sebastopol. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 20°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Sebastopol may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Sebastopol there is a last frost after February 15 be ready to cover your buddha belly plant in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Sebastopol

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)December 15
Lowest Expected Low20°F
Highest Expected Low25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

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