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

The first opportunity to plant oxalis in West Springfield should be estimated by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Oxalis

Frost tolerance for oxalis:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

You should not plant oxalis until after the last frost because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant oxalis in West Springfield 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 oxalis and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your oxalis may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your oxalis indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in West Springfield. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -10°F.

Since the USDA zone info for West Springfield is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in West Springfield last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your oxalis if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for West Springfield

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.

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