Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A common way of making a decision about when you can plant pennyroyal is to use the USDA zone info for Toledo.

Planting Calendar for Pennyroyal

Frost tolerance for pennyroyal:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Since pennyroyal do well in cold you can plant them much earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

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

Last Frost Date

In Toledo the average date of last frost happens on April 15. You can expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Toledo is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Toledo there is a last frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your pennyroyal in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Toledo

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-5°F
Highest Expected Low	0°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 0°F.

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