Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. 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 possible to plant guara by checking out the USDA zone info for Montoursville.

Planting Calendar for Guara

Frost tolerance for guara:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

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

The earliest that you can plant guara in Montoursville 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 guara and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your guara may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your guara indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Montoursville. You should expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Montoursville is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Montoursville last frost occurs after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to cover your guara if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Montoursville

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.

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