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When to Plant Sweetscented Bedstraw in Pickerington, OH

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.

In Pickerington you can determine when to plant sweetscented bedstraw by looking at the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Sweetscented Bedstraw

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

Since sweetscented bedstraw do ok in moderate cold you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

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A good time to plant sweetscented bedstraw
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant sweetscented bedstraw
Probably not a good time to plant sweetscented bedstraw

The earliest that you can plant sweetscented bedstraw in Pickerington 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 sweetscented bedstraw and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your sweetscented bedstraw may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your sweetscented bedstraw indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Pickerington. You should expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Pickerington may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Pickerington it frosts late in the year after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your sweetscented bedstraw if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Pickerington

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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