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.

The first opportunity to plant sweet potato vine in Mexia should be estimated by looking at the USDA zone info.

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 are not cold tolerant it is necessary 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 Mexia 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. Any later than that and your sweet potato vine may not have a chance to grow to maturity. If you are starting your sweet potato vine indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

In Mexia the average date of last frost happens on March 15. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Mexia is an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Mexia you get surprised by a frost after March 15 be ready to protect your sweet potato vine if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Mexia

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 15°F.

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