One of the first steps you take when you are determining 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 determine when it's possible to plant datura in Vero Beach by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Datura

Frost tolerance for datura:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Since datura are one of those plants that can tolerate a tiny bit of cold weather you can plant them just a tiny bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant datura in Vero Beach 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 datura and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your datura may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your datura indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on January 31 in Vero Beach. It might get as low as 30°F during the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Vero Beach is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Vero Beach you get surprised by a frost after January 31 be ready to cover your datura in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Vero Beach

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.

Plants to Grow in Vero Beach

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