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.

A common way of getting a good idea when to plant cigar plant is to examine the USDA zone info for Matteson.

Planting Calendar for Cigar Plant

Frost tolerance for cigar plant:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

It's probably a bad idea to plant cigar plant until after the last frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant cigar plant in Matteson 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 cigar plant and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your cigar plant may not have a chance to fully mature. Starting your cigar plant indoors is a great way to get them started a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Matteson. It might get as low as -15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Matteson may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Matteson it frosts late in the year after April 15 so always be ready to protect your cigar plant if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Matteson

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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