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.

The first opportunity to plant new zealand spinach in Mount Pleasant should be determined by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for New Zealand spinach

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

New Zealand spinach are moderately cold tolerant which means that you can plant them earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant new zealand spinach in Mount Pleasant 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 new zealand spinach and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your new zealand spinach may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your new zealand spinach indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Mount Pleasant may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Mount Pleasant you get a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your new zealand spinach in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Mount Pleasant

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.

Plants to Grow in Mount Pleasant

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