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When to Plant Buddha belly plant in Iola, KS

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.

It's a good idea to estimate when it's possible to plant buddha belly plant by referring to the USDA zone info for Iola.


Planting Calendar for Buddha belly plant

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

Buddha belly plant do not do well in cold weather which tells us that you need to wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

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A good time to plant buddha belly plant
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The earliest that you can plant buddha belly plant in Iola 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 buddha belly plant and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your buddha belly plant may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your buddha belly plant indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Iola. You should expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Iola is an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Iola you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your buddha belly plant in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Iola

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-5°F
Highest Expected Low0°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 0°F.

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