When to Plant Buddha belly plant in Leesburg, FL

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can determine when it's possible to plant buddha belly plant in Leesburg 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.

You should not plant buddha belly plant until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they do not do well in cold weather.

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A good time to plant buddha belly plant
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant buddha belly plant
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The earliest that you can plant buddha belly plant in Leesburg 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. Any later than that and your buddha belly plant may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your buddha belly plant indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Leesburg. You can expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that the actual date of last frost may not be accurate from year to year because it is based on the USDA zone info for Leesburg and it changes from year to year. Half of the time in Leesburg it frosts late in the year after February 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your buddha belly plant in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Leesburg

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 Low25°F
Highest Expected Low30°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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