When to Plant Basket of Gold in Airway Heights, WA

Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out 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 determining when it's possible to plant basket of gold is to examine the USDA zone info for Airway Heights.


Planting Calendar for Basket of Gold

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

Basket of Gold are very cold tolerant which tells us that you can start planting them much earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

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A good time to plant basket of gold
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The earliest that you can plant basket of gold in Airway Heights 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 basket of gold and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your basket of gold may not have a chance to grow to maturity. If you are starting your basket of gold indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Airway Heights. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -10°F.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Airway Heights is an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Airway Heights you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your basket of gold if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Airway Heights

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-10°F
Highest Expected Low-5°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 -5°F.

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