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.

A common way of determining when it's possible to plant mecardonia is to use the USDA zone info for Montgomery.

Planting Calendar for Mecardonia

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

Mecardonia require warm weather which tells us that you really should wait until it warms up after the last frost has passed before you can plant them.

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

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Montgomery is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Montgomery you get a frost after April 15 so always be ready to protect your mecardonia if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Montgomery

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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