One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Crawfordsville you can determine when it's the best time to plant cerastium by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Cerastium

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

Cerastium are moderately cold tolerant which means that you can get them planted earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant cerastium in Crawfordsville 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 cerastium and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your cerastium may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your cerastium indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Just be sure to remember that the actual date of last frost is not always accurate because it is based on the USDA zone info for Crawfordsville and it is different every year. Since half of the time in Crawfordsville last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to cover your cerastium in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Crawfordsville

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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