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 estimating when it's possible to plant steirodiscus is to use the USDA zone info for Lansing.

Planting Calendar for Steirodiscus

Frost tolerance for steirodiscus:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Steirodiscus do well in very little cold which means that you can plant them slightly earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant steirodiscus in Lansing is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant steirodiscus and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your steirodiscus may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your steirodiscus indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Lansing. You should expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Lansing is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Lansing it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your steirodiscus in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Lansing

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 Lansing

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