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

The first chance to plant basket of gold in Wellsville can be estimated by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Basket of Gold

Frost tolerance for basket of gold:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Since basket of gold are very cold tolerant you can plant them much earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant basket of gold in Wellsville 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 basket of gold and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your basket of gold may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your basket of gold indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Wellsville. It might get as low as -20°F during the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Wellsville is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Wellsville you get a frost after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your basket of gold in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Wellsville

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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