The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Penn Yan you can determine when it's possible to plant baby blue eyes by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Baby Blue Eyes

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

Since baby blue eyes do well in moderate cold you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant baby blue eyes in Penn Yan 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 baby blue eyes and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your baby blue eyes may not have a chance to grow to maturity. Starting your baby blue eyes indoors is a great way to get them started a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Penn Yan. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -10°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Penn Yan is an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Penn Yan it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your baby blue eyes in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Penn Yan

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-10°F
Highest Expected Low	-5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -5°F.

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