One of the first steps you take when you are getting a good idea 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.

In Canastota you can determine when you can plant sweetscented bedstraw by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Sweetscented Bedstraw

Frost tolerance for sweetscented bedstraw:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Sweetscented Bedstraw tend to make it in some cold which means that you can plant them slightly earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant sweetscented bedstraw in Canastota is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant sweetscented bedstraw and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your sweetscented bedstraw may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your sweetscented bedstraw indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Canastota the average date of last frost happens on April 15. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -15°F.

Just be sure to remember that the actual date of last frost is just an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Canastota and it is different every year. Half of the time in Canastota there is a last frost after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to cover your sweetscented bedstraw in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Canastota

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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