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.

A common way of making a decision about when to plant banana is to refer to the USDA zone info for Milan.

Planting Calendar for Banana

Frost tolerance for banana:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

Since banana require warm weather you need to wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

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

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Milan is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Milan last frost occurs after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your banana in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Milan

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 Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°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.

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