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.

In Bensenville you can determine when it's a good idea to plant buddha belly plant by using 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.

It's a bad idea to plant buddha belly plant until after the last frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant buddha belly plant in Bensenville is April. However, you really should wait until May 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 August. If you wait any later than that and your buddha belly plant may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your buddha belly plant indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Remember that USDA zone info for Bensenville is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Bensenville last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your buddha belly plant if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Bensenville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

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

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -10°F.

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