When to Plant Buddha belly plant in Park City, UT

Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden schedule. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can determine when to plant buddha belly plant in Park City by checking out the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Buddha belly plant

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

Since buddha belly plant do not do well in cold weather you must wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Park City. You can expect an average low temperature of -20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Park City is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Park City there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to protect your buddha belly plant in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Park City

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-20°F
Highest Expected Low-15°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 -15°F.

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