When to Plant Pennyroyal in Wickliffe, OH

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Wickliffe you can figure out when you can plant pennyroyal by looking at the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Pennyroyal

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

You can plant pennyroyal a lot earlier in the year because they are very cold tolerant.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Legend 
A good time to plant pennyroyal
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant pennyroyal
Probably not a good time to plant pennyroyal

The earliest that you can plant pennyroyal in Wickliffe 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. If you wait any later than that and your pennyroyal may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your pennyroyal indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Wickliffe. You should expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Wickliffe is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Wickliffe you get a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your pennyroyal if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Wickliffe

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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