One of the first steps you take when you are getting a good idea 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 a good idea to plant nierembergia in Carmi by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Nierembergia

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

It's probably not a good idea to plant nierembergia until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant nierembergia in Carmi 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 nierembergia and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your nierembergia may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your nierembergia indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Carmi. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Carmi is an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Carmi you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your nierembergia in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Carmi

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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