When to Plant Winter Savory in Moosic, 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.

A common way of estimating when it's possible to plant winter savory is to look at the USDA zone info for Moosic.


Planting Calendar for Winter Savory

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

Winter Savory do ok in a little bit of cold which tells us that you can plant them just a bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

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

The earliest that you can plant winter savory in Moosic 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 winter savory and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your winter savory may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your winter savory indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Moosic. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Moosic is an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Moosic you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your winter savory if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Moosic

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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