One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine 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.

One way of determining when to plant sweet potato vine is to look at the USDA zone info for Spartanburg.

Planting Calendar for Sweet Potato Vine

Frost tolerance for sweet potato vine:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Since sweet potato vine require warm weather it is important to wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant sweet potato vine in Spartanburg 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 sweet potato vine and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your sweet potato vine may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your sweet potato vine indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Spartanburg. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 5°F.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Spartanburg is an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Spartanburg last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your sweet potato vine in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Spartanburg

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	5°F
Highest Expected Low	10°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 10°F.

Plants to Grow in Spartanburg

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