When to Plant Sweet Woodruff in North Ridgeville, OH

One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about 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.

The first opportunity to plant sweet woodruff in North Ridgeville should be determined by looking at the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Sweet Woodruff

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

Sweet Woodruff are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather which tells us that you can plant them earlier than more sensitive plants.

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A good time to plant sweet woodruff
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant sweet woodruff
Probably not a good time to plant sweet woodruff

The earliest that you can plant sweet woodruff in North Ridgeville 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 sweet woodruff and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your sweet woodruff may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your sweet woodruff indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on 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 it frosts late in the year after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your sweet woodruff in the event of one of those late frosts.

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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