One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out 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.

You can estimate when it's the best time to plant sweet corn in Reynoldsburg by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Sweet corn

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

Sweet corn do well in very little cold which tells us that you can plant them just a tiny bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant sweet corn in Reynoldsburg 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 sweet corn and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your sweet corn may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your sweet corn indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Reynoldsburg is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Reynoldsburg it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your sweet corn if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Reynoldsburg

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.

Plants to Grow in Reynoldsburg

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