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.

In Youngstown you can determine when it's a good idea to plant transvaal daisy by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Transvaal Daisy

Frost tolerance for transvaal daisy:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Since transvaal daisy are barely cold tolerant you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant transvaal daisy in Youngstown is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant transvaal daisy and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your transvaal daisy may not have a chance to grow to maturity. If you are starting your transvaal daisy indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

In Youngstown the average date of last frost happens on April 15. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -10°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Youngstown is not always accurate the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Youngstown last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your transvaal daisy in the event of a surprise 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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