When to Plant Nasturtium in Honesdale, PA

One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

By checking out the USDA zone info for Honesdale you will be able to determine when it's the best time to plant nasturtium.


Planting Calendar for Nasturtium

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

Since nasturtium are not cold tolerant it is necessary to wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Legend 
A good time to plant nasturtium
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant nasturtium
Probably not a good time to plant nasturtium

The earliest that you can plant nasturtium in Honesdale 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 nasturtium and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your nasturtium may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your nasturtium indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Honesdale is an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Honesdale last frost occurs after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your nasturtium in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Honesdale

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-15°F
Highest Expected Low-10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -10°F.

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