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When to Plant Sweet Williams in West Lafayette, IN

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out 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.

One way of determining when you can plant sweet williams is to use the USDA zone info for West Lafayette.


Planting Calendar for Sweet Williams

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

You can plant sweet williams a little earlier in the year because they are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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A good time to plant sweet williams
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant sweet williams
Probably not a good time to plant sweet williams

The earliest that you can plant sweet williams in West Lafayette 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 sweet williams and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your sweet williams may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your sweet williams 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 West Lafayette. You can expect an average low temperature of -15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for West Lafayette may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in West Lafayette you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your sweet williams in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for West Lafayette

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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