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.

The USDA zone info for Crawfordsville can be used to determine when it's the best time to plant nicotiana.

Planting Calendar for Nicotiana

Frost tolerance for nicotiana:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

It's probably not a good idea to plant nicotiana until after all chance of frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant nicotiana in Crawfordsville 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 nicotiana and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your nicotiana may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your nicotiana indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Crawfordsville. It might get as low as -15°F during the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Crawfordsville may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Crawfordsville you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your nicotiana if you have a surprise 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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