Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. 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 sweet potatos in Lincolnwood can be determined by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Sweet Potatos

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

You can not plant sweet potatos until after the last frost has passed because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant sweet potatos in Lincolnwood 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 potatos and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your sweet potatos may not have a chance to grow to maturity. If you are starting your sweet potatos indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Lincolnwood. You should expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Lincolnwood is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Lincolnwood you get a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your sweet potatos if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Lincolnwood

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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