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When to Plant Buddha belly plant in Selinsgrove, PA

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out 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 buddha belly plant in Selinsgrove can be estimated by referring to the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Buddha belly plant

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

Buddha belly plant are not cold tolerant which tells us that it's necessary to wait until it warms up after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

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The earliest that you can plant buddha belly plant in Selinsgrove 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 buddha belly plant and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your buddha belly plant may not have a chance to grow to maturity. Starting your buddha belly plant indoors is a great way to get them started a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Selinsgrove. You can expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Selinsgrove is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Selinsgrove you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your buddha belly plant if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Selinsgrove

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 Low0°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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