One of the first steps you take when you are determining 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.

You can determine when to plant banana in Greenfield by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Banana

Frost tolerance for banana:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

It's a bad idea to plant banana until after the last frost because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant banana in Greenfield 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 banana and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your banana may not have a chance to grow to maturity. Starting your banana indoors is a great way to get them started a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Greenfield. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -10°F.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Greenfield may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Greenfield you get a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your banana if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Greenfield

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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