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.

In Tampa you can figure out when it's a good idea to plant sweet potato vine by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Sweet Potato Vine

Frost tolerance for sweet potato vine:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

It's a bad idea to plant sweet potato vine until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant sweet potato vine in Tampa 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 really do well. 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

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Tampa. You can expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Tampa is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Tampa you get surprised by a frost after February 15 be ready to cover your sweet potato vine if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Tampa

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 Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°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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