When to Plant Iresene in Breese, IL

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.

You will be able to figure out when it's possible to plant iresene by looking at the USDA zone info for Breese.


Planting Calendar for Iresene

Frost tolerance for iresene: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

Iresene require warm weather which means that you need to wait until it warms up after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

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A good time to plant iresene
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant iresene
Probably not a good time to plant iresene

The earliest that you can plant iresene in Breese 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 iresene and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your iresene may not have a chance to fully mature. If you are starting your iresene indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

In Breese the average date of last frost happens on April 15. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Breese may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Breese it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your iresene if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Breese

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-5°F
Highest Expected Low0°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 0°F.

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