When to Plant Guara in Totowa, NJ

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

The first opportunity to plant guara in Totowa can be estimated by referring to the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Guara

Frost tolerance for guara: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After the last frost.

Since guara do not do well in cold weather you have to wait until after the last frost has passed before you can plant them.

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

The earliest that you can plant guara in Totowa 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 guara and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your guara may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your guara indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Totowa. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Totowa is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Totowa it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your guara in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Totowa

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 Low0°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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