When to Plant Alternaria in Prospect Park, PA

Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A common way of determining when it's a good idea to plant alternaria is to check out the USDA zone info for Prospect Park.


Planting Calendar for Alternaria

Frost tolerance for alternaria: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After the last frost has passed.

It's probably not a good idea to plant alternaria until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they require warm weather.

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

The earliest that you can plant alternaria in Prospect Park 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 alternaria and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your alternaria may not have a chance to grow to maturity. If you are starting your alternaria indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Prospect Park. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 0°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Prospect Park is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Prospect Park you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your alternaria if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Prospect Park

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low0°F
Highest Expected Low5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 0°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 5°F.

Plants to Grow in Prospect Park

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Prospect Park.