One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your 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 sweet sultan in Savannah should be figured out by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Sweet Sultan

Frost tolerance for sweet sultan:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

You can plant sweet sultan just a tiny bit earlier in the year because they are barely cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant sweet sultan in Savannah is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant sweet sultan and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your sweet sultan may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your sweet sultan indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Savannah may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Savannah you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your sweet sultan if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Savannah

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.

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