When to Plant Vinca Vine in Grove City, OH

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.

In Grove City you can determine when it's possible to plant vinca vine by using the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Vinca Vine

Frost tolerance for vinca vine: Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant: Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Vinca Vine are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather which means that you can plant them earlier than other frost tender plants.

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The earliest that you can plant vinca vine in Grove City 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 vinca vine and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your vinca vine may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your vinca vine indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Grove City. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Grove City is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Grove City there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to protect your vinca vine in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Grove City

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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