When to Plant Mexican Feather Grass in Lincoln, IL

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine 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.

The earliest that you can plant mexican feather grass in Lincoln should be estimated by looking at the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Mexican Feather Grass

Frost tolerance for mexican feather grass: Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant: Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

You can plant mexican feather grass a bit earlier in the year because they are moderately cold tolerant.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Legend 
A good time to plant mexican feather grass
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant mexican feather grass
Probably not a good time to plant mexican feather grass

The earliest that you can plant mexican feather grass in Lincoln is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant mexican feather grass and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your mexican feather grass may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your mexican feather grass indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Lincoln. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -15°F.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Lincoln may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Lincoln last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your mexican feather grass in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Lincoln

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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