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

One way of making a decision about when it's possible to plant steirodiscus is to examine the USDA zone info for New Braunfels.

Planting Calendar for Steirodiscus

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

Steirodiscus do well in some cold which means that you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant steirodiscus in New Braunfels 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 steirodiscus and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your steirodiscus may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your steirodiscus indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on March 15 in New Braunfels. You should expect an average low temperature of 15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for New Braunfels is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in New Braunfels it frosts late in the year after March 15 be ready to protect your steirodiscus in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for New Braunfels

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.

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