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.

In Nacogdoches you can figure out when you can plant flowering tobacco by using 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.

It's probably a bad idea to plant flowering tobacco until after the last frost because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant flowering tobacco in Nacogdoches 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 flowering tobacco and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your flowering tobacco may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your flowering tobacco indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is March 15 in Nacogdoches. You should expect an average low temperature of 15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that the actual date of last frost is an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Nacogdoches and it will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Nacogdoches last frost occurs after March 15 be ready to protect your flowering tobacco if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Nacogdoches

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 20°F.

Plants to Grow in Nacogdoches

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