One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

The first chance to plant flowering tobacco in Falfurrias can be figured out by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Flowering Tobacco

Frost tolerance for flowering tobacco:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Flowering Tobacco require warm weather which means that you must wait until it warms up after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on February 15 in Falfurrias. It might get as low as 25°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Falfurrias is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Falfurrias you get a frost after February 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your flowering tobacco in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Falfurrias

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

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