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

You will be able to determine when it's a good idea to plant baby blue eyes by looking at the USDA zone info for Eastlake.

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 little bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant baby blue eyes in Eastlake 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. If you wait any later than that and your baby blue eyes may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your baby blue eyes indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Eastlake. You should expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Eastlake is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Eastlake there is a last frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your baby blue eyes in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Eastlake

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 Low	0°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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