When to Plant Twinspur in East Stroudsburg, PA

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate 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 getting a good idea when it's the best time to plant twinspur is to refer to the USDA zone info for East Stroudsburg.


Planting Calendar for Twinspur

Frost tolerance for twinspur: Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant: Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Twinspur do well in moderate cold which tells us that you can plant them earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

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A good time to plant twinspur
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant twinspur
Probably not a good time to plant twinspur

The earliest that you can plant twinspur in East Stroudsburg 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 twinspur and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your twinspur may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your twinspur indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in East Stroudsburg. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for East Stroudsburg is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in East Stroudsburg it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your twinspur in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for East Stroudsburg

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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