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.

The USDA zone info for New Lexington can be reviewed to estimate when it's a good idea to plant sweet potato vine.

Planting Calendar for Sweet Potato Vine

Frost tolerance for sweet potato vine:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Since sweet potato vine require warm weather you need to wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

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

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in New Lexington. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -10°F.

Since the USDA zone info for New Lexington is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in New Lexington it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your sweet potato vine in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for New Lexington

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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