One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

It's possible to determine when you can plant stoneseed by reviewing the USDA zone info for Greenville.

Planting Calendar for Stoneseed

Frost tolerance for stoneseed:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Since stoneseed require warm weather you have to wait until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant stoneseed in Greenville 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 stoneseed and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your stoneseed may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your stoneseed indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Greenville. You can expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Greenville is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Greenville last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to cover your stoneseed in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Greenville

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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