When to Plant Bishop's Weed in Durant, OK

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Durant you can figure out when it's possible to plant bishop's weed by looking at the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Bishop's Weed

Frost tolerance for bishop's weed: Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant: Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Bishop's Weed are very cold tolerant which means that you can plant them a quite a bit earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

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A good time to plant bishop's weed
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant bishop's weed
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The earliest that you can plant bishop's weed in Durant 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 bishop's weed and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your bishop's weed may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your bishop's weed indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Durant. You can expect an average low temperature of 5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Durant may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Durant it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your bishop's weed in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Durant

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low5°F
Highest Expected Low10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 10°F.

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