One of the first steps you take when you are getting a good idea 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.

You can figure out when it's the best time to plant baby blue eyes in Firestone by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Baby Blue Eyes

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

Baby Blue Eyes do well in moderate cold which tells us that you can get them planted earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant baby blue eyes in Firestone 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 baby blue eyes and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your baby blue eyes may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your baby blue eyes indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Firestone. You should expect an average low temperature of -15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Firestone is an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Firestone you get a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your baby blue eyes in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Firestone

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-15°F
Highest Expected Low	-10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -10°F.

Plants to Grow in Firestone

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