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.

The best time to plant basket of gold in Upper Sandusky should be estimated by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Basket of Gold

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

Basket of Gold do well in cold which means that you can get them planted much earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant basket of gold in Upper Sandusky 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 basket of gold and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your basket of gold may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your basket of gold indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Upper Sandusky. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Upper Sandusky is an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Upper Sandusky you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your basket of gold in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Upper Sandusky

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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