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

In Nelsonville you can determine when it's the best time to plant moon vine by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Moon Vine

Frost tolerance for moon vine:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

Moon Vine require warm weather which tells us that you have to wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant moon vine in Nelsonville 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 moon vine and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your moon vine may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your moon vine indoors is a great way to get them started a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Nelsonville. You can expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Nelsonville is an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Nelsonville it frosts late in the year after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your moon vine if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Nelsonville

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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