When to Plant Sweet Woodruff in Pocatello, ID

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The first chance to plant sweet woodruff in Pocatello can be determined by checking out the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Sweet Woodruff

Frost tolerance for sweet woodruff: Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant: Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

You can plant sweet woodruff just a bit earlier in the year because they do well in moderate cold.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Legend 
A good time to plant sweet woodruff
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant sweet woodruff
Probably not a good time to plant sweet woodruff

The earliest that you can plant sweet woodruff in Pocatello 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 sweet woodruff and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your sweet woodruff may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your sweet woodruff indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Pocatello. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Pocatello is just an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Pocatello you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your sweet woodruff if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Pocatello

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-10°F
Highest Expected Low-5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -5°F.

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