When to Plant Tritoma in Seguin, TX

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The best time to plant tritoma in Seguin should be estimated by using the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Tritoma

Frost tolerance for tritoma: Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant: Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Tritoma can survive in quite a bit of cold which means that you can plant them earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

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A good time to plant tritoma
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The earliest that you can plant tritoma in Seguin is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant tritoma and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your tritoma may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your tritoma indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is March 15 in Seguin. It might get as low as 15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Seguin may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Seguin last frost occurs after March 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your tritoma in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Seguin

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 Low15°F
Highest Expected Low20°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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