When to Plant Iresene in Jim Thorpe, PA

One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about 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.

It's a good idea to determine when it's a good idea to plant iresene by referring to the USDA zone info for Jim Thorpe.


Planting Calendar for Iresene

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

You really shouldn't plant iresene until after the last frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

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

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

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Jim Thorpe. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -10°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Jim Thorpe 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 Jim Thorpe you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your iresene in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Jim Thorpe

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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