One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out 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.

A common way of making a decision about when it's a good idea to plant buddha belly plant is to use the USDA zone info for Youngstown.

Planting Calendar for Buddha belly plant

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

Since buddha belly plant are not cold tolerant you really should wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant buddha belly plant in Youngstown 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 buddha belly plant and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your buddha belly plant may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your buddha belly plant indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Youngstown. You can expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Youngstown is just an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Youngstown last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to cover your buddha belly plant in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Youngstown

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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