Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A way of estimating when to plant twinspur is to use the USDA zone info for Hastings.

Planting Calendar for Twinspur

Frost tolerance for twinspur:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Twinspur are moderately cold tolerant which tells us that you can start planting them earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant twinspur in Hastings 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 twinspur and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your twinspur may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your twinspur indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on May 15 in Hastings. It might get as low as -25°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Hastings is just an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Hastings it frosts late in the year after May 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your twinspur if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Hastings

Here is the info for USDA Zone 4b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	May 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	September 15
Lowest Expected Low	-25°F
Highest Expected Low	-20°F

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

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