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

A way of getting a good idea when it's possible to plant flowering tobacco is to use the USDA zone info for Carlisle.

Planting Calendar for Flowering Tobacco

Frost tolerance for flowering tobacco:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Flowering Tobacco require warm weather which tells us that you really should wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant flowering tobacco in Carlisle 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 flowering tobacco and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your flowering tobacco may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your flowering tobacco indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Carlisle. It might get as low as -5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Carlisle 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 Carlisle last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your flowering tobacco if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Carlisle

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-5°F
Highest Expected Low	0°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 0°F.

Plants to Grow in Carlisle

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