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

One way of figuring out when you can plant lunaria is to look at the USDA zone info for Kirksville.

Planting Calendar for Lunaria

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

You can plant lunaria a bit earlier in the year because they do well in moderate cold.

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

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Kirksville. You can expect an average low temperature of -15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Kirksville may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Kirksville there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to cover your lunaria in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Kirksville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-15°F
Highest Expected Low	-10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -10°F.

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