Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The best time to plant banana in Lake Worth should be determined by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Banana

Frost tolerance for banana:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Banana require warm weather which tells us that you must wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant banana in Lake Worth 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 banana and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your banana may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your banana indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on January 31 in Lake Worth. It might get as low as 30°F during the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Lake Worth is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Lake Worth you get a frost after January 31 be ready to cover your banana if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Lake Worth

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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