Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can figure out when it's the best time to plant nasturtium in Scottsburg by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Nasturtium

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

You really shouldn't plant nasturtium until after the last frost because they do not do well in cold weather.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Scottsburg. You can expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Scottsburg may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Scottsburg it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your nasturtium in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Scottsburg

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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