When to Plant Alternaria in Atlantic Highlands, NJ

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.

The earliest that you can plant alternaria in Atlantic Highlands can be figured out by referring to the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Alternaria

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

Since alternaria are not cold tolerant you have to wait until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer before you can plant them.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Legend 
A good time to plant alternaria
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant alternaria
Probably not a good time to plant alternaria

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

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Atlantic Highlands. You can expect an average low temperature of 5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Atlantic Highlands is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Atlantic Highlands it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your alternaria if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Atlantic Highlands

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low5°F
Highest Expected Low10°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 10°F.

Plants to Grow in Atlantic Highlands

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Atlantic Highlands.