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

In Schuyler you can figure out when it's the best time to plant sweet woodruff by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Sweet Woodruff

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

Since sweet woodruff do well in moderate cold you can plant them a little earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant sweet woodruff in Schuyler 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 sweet woodruff and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your sweet woodruff may not have a chance to fully mature. If you are starting your sweet woodruff indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Schuyler. You should expect an average low temperature of -15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Schuyler is an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Schuyler it frosts late in the year after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your sweet woodruff if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Schuyler

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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