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

The USDA zone info for Florissant should be used to determine when it's possible to plant sagina.

Planting Calendar for Sagina

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

Sagina do ok in very little cold which means that you can plant them slightly earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant sagina in Florissant 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 sagina and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your sagina may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your sagina indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

In Florissant the average date of last frost happens on April 15. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Remember that USDA zone info for Florissant is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Florissant you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your sagina if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Florissant

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 Low	0°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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