One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

It's possible to estimate when it's possible to plant black eyed susans by checking out the USDA zone info for Kearney.

Planting Calendar for Black Eyed Susans

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

Since black eyed susans do not do well in cold weather you need to wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant black eyed susans in Kearney 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 black eyed susans and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your black eyed susans may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your black eyed susans indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Kearney the average date of last frost happens on April 15. You can expect an average low temperature of -15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Kearney is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Kearney you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your black eyed susans if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Kearney

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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