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.

You can determine when you can plant banana in Wauseon by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Banana

Frost tolerance for banana:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

It's probably a bad idea to plant banana until after the last frost because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant banana in Wauseon is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant banana and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your banana may not have a chance to grow to maturity. Starting your banana indoors is a great way to get them started a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Wauseon. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Wauseon is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Wauseon you get a frost after April 15 be ready to cover your banana in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Wauseon

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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