One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The first opportunity to plant calibrachoa in North Ridgeville should be determined by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Calibrachoa

Frost tolerance for calibrachoa:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Since calibrachoa are one of those plants that can tolerate a tiny bit of cold weather you can plant them just a tiny bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant calibrachoa in North Ridgeville is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant calibrachoa and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your calibrachoa may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your calibrachoa indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in North Ridgeville. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for North Ridgeville may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in North Ridgeville last frost occurs after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your calibrachoa in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for North Ridgeville

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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