Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to determine your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The first opportunity to plant sweet potato vine in Breese should be figured out by using 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 when the weather gets warmer.

You really shouldn't plant sweet potato vine until after the last frost because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant sweet potato vine 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 sweet potato vine and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your sweet potato vine may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your sweet potato vine indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Breese. It might get as low as -5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Breese is an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Breese it frosts late in the year after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your sweet potato vine in the event of 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 Low	0°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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