One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about 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 determine when it's possible to plant borage by referring to the USDA zone info for Bayonne.

Planting Calendar for Borage

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

Borage do well in moderate cold which tells us that you can get them planted earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant borage in Bayonne 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 borage and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your borage may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your borage indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Bayonne. It might get as low as 5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Bayonne may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Bayonne there is a last frost after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your borage if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Bayonne

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 Low	5°F
Highest Expected Low	10°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 Bayonne

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