One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about 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.

One way of making a decision about when to plant sweet potato vine is to examine the USDA zone info for Yorktown.

Planting Calendar for Sweet Potato Vine

Frost tolerance for sweet potato vine:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

It's probably a bad idea to plant sweet potato vine until after the last frost because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant sweet potato vine in Yorktown 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 sweet potato vine and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your sweet potato vine may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your sweet potato vine indoors is a great way to get them started a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

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

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Yorktown is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Yorktown you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your sweet potato vine if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Yorktown

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.

Plants to Grow in Yorktown

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