Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

It's a good idea to estimate when it's possible to plant buddha belly plant by checking out the USDA zone info for Katy.

Planting Calendar for Buddha belly plant

Frost tolerance for buddha belly plant:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

Since buddha belly plant are not cold tolerant you really should wait until after the last frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant buddha belly plant in Katy 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 buddha belly plant and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your buddha belly plant may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your buddha belly plant indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on February 15 in Katy. You can expect an average low temperature of 20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Katy is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Katy it frosts late in the year after February 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your buddha belly plant in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Katy

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

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