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When to Plant Sweet Potato Vine in Inverness, FL

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.

A common way of making a decision about when it's a good idea to plant sweet potato vine is to use the USDA zone info for Inverness.


Planting Calendar for Sweet Potato Vine

Frost tolerance for sweet potato vine: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After all chance of frost has passed.

It's not a good idea to plant sweet potato vine until after the last frost because they do not do well in cold weather.

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A good time to plant sweet potato vine
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant sweet potato vine
Probably not a good time to plant sweet potato vine

The earliest that you can plant sweet potato vine in Inverness 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 sweet potato vine and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your sweet potato vine may not have a chance to fully mature. If you are starting your sweet potato vine indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

In Inverness the average date of last frost happens on February 15. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 20°F.

Remember that the actual date of last frost is not always accurate because it is based on the USDA zone info for Inverness and it is different every year. Half of the time in Inverness there is a last frost after February 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your sweet potato vine if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Inverness

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.

Plants to Grow in Inverness

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Inverness.