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

In Phillipsburg you can figure out when you can plant jerusalem artichokes by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Jerusalem artichokes

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

You can plant jerusalem artichokes a little earlier in the year because they are moderately cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant jerusalem artichokes in Phillipsburg 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 jerusalem artichokes and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your jerusalem artichokes may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your jerusalem artichokes indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Phillipsburg. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Phillipsburg is just an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Phillipsburg you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your jerusalem artichokes in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Phillipsburg

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-5°F
Highest Expected Low	0°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 0°F.

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