When to Plant Morning Glory in Gloversville, NY

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule. 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 morning glory in Gloversville can be estimated by checking out the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Morning Glory

Frost tolerance for morning glory: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

It's a bad idea to plant morning glory until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they require warm weather.

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

The earliest that you can plant morning glory in Gloversville 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 morning glory and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your morning glory may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your morning glory indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Gloversville. You can expect an average low temperature of -20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Gloversville is just an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Gloversville there is a last frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your morning glory if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Gloversville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-20°F
Highest Expected Low-15°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -15°F.

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