One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Slidell you can estimate when it's a good idea to plant sweetscented bedstraw by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Sweetscented Bedstraw

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

You can plant sweetscented bedstraw slightly earlier in the year because they do ok in moderate cold.

The earliest that you can plant sweetscented bedstraw in Slidell 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 sweetscented bedstraw and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your sweetscented bedstraw may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your sweetscented bedstraw indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Slidell. It might get as low as 20°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Slidell is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Slidell it frosts late in the year after February 15 be ready to cover your sweetscented bedstraw if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Slidell

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

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